I ♡ Trademarks NewsletterIssue #399
Bri Van Til | August 27, 2024
Who Are You to Judge?
The judge I mentioned last week who handcuffed a student who was in his courtroom on a field trip is now facing a lawsuit for his actions.
It appears that a judge who threw out a $72 million settlement against Boeing was trading Boeing stocks at the time.
A New York Supreme Court Justice is appealing her removal from the bench for allegedly having “repeatedly violated the ethical rule prohibiting judges from lending the prestige of their judicial office to advance their own private interests” when she went on a racist rant outside a high school graduation party.
Updates
Vans and MSCHF have settled their trademark dispute over the latter’s Wavy Baby shoes.
Well, after all the talk about replacing non-competes, it turns out they’re a thing again.
Disney decided to give up on trying to use the arbitration clause in a Disney Plus subscription to force a wrongful death plaintiff to arbitrate the issue.
In its trademark infringement lawsuit against a 30+-year-old restaurant of the same name in India, Burger King has been granted a stay until next month.
Post Modernism
Social medial platform X has closed its office in Brazil after owner Elon Musk was placed under investigation for obstruction of justice for allegedly refusing to stop the spread of misinformation on the site.
This Australian case with a silly name—Tickle vs. Giggle—addresses very serious questions of gender, identity, exclusion, trans rights, and more.
The TikTok content creator who popularized the term “very demure, very mindful” was dismayed to see that others filed trademark applications for the term.
Here’s an explanation of how Former President Trump retweeted a bunch of deepfakes showing Taylor Swift and her fans endorsing him.
Professional Concerns
If you said you wanted to apply to be an IP attorney at this firm, I wouldn’t even know how to play Bevel‘s advocate against it; I’d only enthusiastically encourage you!
Whether you’re Neer McD or not, make sure to apply to be a paralegal at this firm.
Does your career need a metamorphosis? You’d butterfly over to this website and apply to be IP counsel at Caterpillar.
Novo Nordisk—which sounds to me like they make data storage products, not pharmaceuticals—is looking for an IP AGC.
Put your skills to the Tesla with this IP paralegal position.
Have an open role on your team? Send a link to your job listing to [email protected], and we’ll publish it in our next newsletter.
Odds and Ends
One complicated aspect of searching the USPTO trademark system is learning how to represent word marks phonetically. Check out this video on vowel substitutions for suggestions.
It’s been six years in the making, but Crayola’s trademark application for the smell of its crayons has been registered. See the filing here.
Are music labels suing AI companies because they see them as a “threat to their market share”?
The Trademark Administrators’ Exchange had its first ever in-person learning event last week. Read all about it (and find great photos from the event).
Here’s an interesting article about the trademarks for SUPER HERO, which appears to be both generic and not generic simultaneously.
If you missed our fabulous webinar last week about tips for communicating with international counsel, you can find the recording here.