An article by two lawyers at Reed Smith, Drew Amoroso and David S. Reidy, entitled “Is ‘Paleo’ The Next Battleground In Food Litigation?”, reminded me of this prior article, the one I wanted to call “Don’t Make Artisan the New Natural”. Their article is behind a pay wall, but it’s worthwhile reading if you can … Continue Reading
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced some very good news for trademark applicants. Filing fees will be reduced by $50 per class effective January 17, 2015. Read my full post about this on our sister blog, Alcoholic Beverages Law Blog.… Continue Reading
Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed POM Wonderful a belated Christmas gift, and an unusual one at that. It reversed the denial of a preliminary injunction in a case it had brought against PUR Beverages, a d/b/a of Robert G. Hubbard, Jr., and the marketer of a beverage called “pŏm”. According to their … Continue Reading
This is a follow-up on the entry on VPN Pizza. It results from this interview by a blogger with Eli Colvin, head baker of the MODEL Bakery in California, and Don Sadowsky, whom the interviewer identifies as a "bread pal." Don happens to be my bread pal, too, which is how I found the interview. A … Continue Reading
An article in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal reminded me of a point I’ve been trying to make for years but didn’t have a good hook to do so. Now that this idea is in print, I do, so here goes. The article concerns a group called Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, which gives pizzerias certificates called … Continue Reading
Note: The following post is authored by guest blogger Anne Glazer. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) recently affirmed a USPTO refusal to register the following mark for use with beef: The TTAB said the BRASSTOWN BEEF logo is likely to cause confusion in relation to the word mark RAISED RIGHT, which was already … Continue Reading
The Hershey Company and Mars Inc. are fierce competitors. They have clashed with each other in the past over Hershey’s asserted rights in the color orange, when Hershey sued Mars for using orange on the individual wrappers for its Dove Promises peanut butter chocolate candies. Matters recently came to a head again, when Hershey sued … Continue Reading
By Guest Blogger Michael Mangelson This post also appears on the Essential Nutrition Law Blog The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) recently issued a decision that highlights the importance of not assuming that goods that fall in different international trademark classes are unrelated in a likelihood of confusion analysis. In In re Spirits of … Continue Reading
By Guest Blogger Jere Webb It is evident that virtually every business now is trying to position itself as being “green”. For a discussion of restrictions on “green advertising”, particularly the FTC’s green ad guidelines (the “Green Guides”), and similar efforts at the state level, see “Green Claims Advertising – What You Can Say and … Continue Reading
