I ♡ Trademarks NewsletterIssue #404
Bri Van Til | October 01, 2024
You’re AIght, You Know?
I’m excited to announce this Alt Legal webinar about the overlap between AI and legal practice.
Artist Jason M. Allen is appealing a Copyright Office decision that denied him copyright protection for art he created using Midjourney.
Even in the case of Stephen Thaler, who created the AI system used to create the art, the DC Circuit Court seems unlikely to resolve the problem of copyright registration for works created using AI.
The FTC is suing 5 companies for what they call “AI-related deception.”
SCAMpering Scallywag
Here are some ways to recognize and respond to scams. I can’t reiterate enough the importance of warning clients and colleagues about these scams.
Some of our dear friends are hosting a Halloween-themed webinar next month about the scariest thing they can imagine: trademark scams (including attorney impersonations).
The USPTO recommends that you verify all the filings listed with you as attorney of record to help spot potentially fraudulent filings in your name. To search for them, go to the Trademark Search page and search with the following: AT: ((“FIRST NAME LAST NAME”~2) OR (“LAST NAME, FIRST NAME”~2)) or watch this short video to learn how to search by attorney. And if you spot a filing that isn’t yours email [email protected] and let them know.
Are We LinkedIn?
This post tackles how RunDMC and Beyoncé use trademarks to make cultural statements.
Erik Pelton has these tips to offer as a former trademark examiner. For another set of tips from a trademark examiner, check out this post.
This consideration of the use of Steely Dan on a beer can is interesting.
Brand Action last week delivered to Ukraine an ambulance paid for by dozens of trademark law firms. Read all about the experience here.
Did grocery chain Aldi “win the internet” with its social media response to another company’s trademark application?
If you want me to see your LinkedIn posts and maybe write about them in this newsletter, let’s connect!
Professional Concerns
Renner Otto call you back if you apply for this trademark attorney position.
Are you in Klein to take this job as a patent attorney? If so, apply now!
Nestlé into this comfy job as a trademark paralegal.
Tired of the same old reused excuses about why you can’t have a better work environment? Turn those old excuses into a better position as senior manager of legal services at Recycling Partnership.
Is Dura-Line you’re afraid you might cross with your current job? Then consider applying for this senior counsel position instead.
This job as an IP librarian will (Georgia) Tech a lot of knowledge about the IP world, but you have that!
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
Check out this blog post dedicated to scandalous trademarks in Canada.
How much responsibility should ISPs have to police piracy?
We had a blast at TMAP this year. Check out some photos we took!
The USPTO has canceled the SUPER HERO trademarks we mentioned a couple months back.
Use of this word appears to be on the RISE, and a canned coffee company objects to Pepsi’s use of it.