Attorney Thomas Walsh has been named a 2015 Rising Star by Super Lawyers®. From Super Lawyers: Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process, where peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10…
I came across this article from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Clare Kennedy earlier this week regarding Minnesota craft brewer 612Brew‘s recent trademark issue with the Motion Picture Association of America. According to the article, 612Brew renamed its “Rated R” Rye IPA to “Unrated” after the brewery received a cease and desist letter from the Motion Picture…
Today’s United States Supreme Court Opinion in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. endorses arbitrage and the free market over the rights of copyright-owners to lawful, downstream sales of copyright-protected works most anywhere in the world. In a 6-3 Opinion written by Justice Kagan, the Supreme Court authorized the importation of works protected under…
Conversation in the micro and nano brewing community in Denver has not been focused on the latest new brewery or recent beer competition, but rather on a trademark dispute. The dispute involves Massachusetts-based Strange Brew, LLC and well-regarded Denver microbrewery Strange Brewing Company. The United States Patent & Trademark Office issued trademark registration number 3227867 to…
This past Sunday, several hundred million people around the world were treated to a feast of top-class European domestic football competition. The scheduling Gods aligned such that the Milan derby (Inter Milan v. A.C. Milan) in Serie A, Le Classique (Paris St. Germain v. Olympique Marseilles) in France, and El Clasico (Leonel Messi v. Cristiano…
According to the Denver Business Journal (here) and the Chicagoist (here), global brewer Anheuser Busch filed trademark applications with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to associate the three-character airport code for 42 U.S. airports with beer. On May 1, 2012, Anheuser Busch filed an intent to use trademark application for DEN, the three-digit IATA…
Earlier this morning, ICANN released information related to the 1,900+ applications for new gTLDs. See the full list here. It seems that many prognostications regarding certain applied for strings have borne out. There are a few surprises as well. Applications span the spectrum of .brands, generic terms, and geographic or ethnic designations. This list will…
On Friday of last week, I attended a presentation hosted by Senator Michael Bennet regarding the future of crowd-funding. In April, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (“JOBS”) Act, see full-text here. Senator Bennet of Colorado, working with Senators Scott Brown of Massachusetts and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, crafted an amendment to the…
According to @domainincite, ICANN will release the list of over 1900 applications for the new gTLD program at a press conference that will be webcasted from London on June 13, 2012 at 13:00 GMT. The process of getting to the June 13th reveal date has had its share of hiccups, and more are sure to…
Anne Barnard reports in today’s New York Times that, beginning in 2013, applicants to the New York State Bar must demonstrate that they have performed 50 hours of pro bono work prior to admission to the bar. Read the full article here (log-in required). Similar discussions have occurred in bar associations around the country, including here…
