Blog Posts in 2012
Posted on May 10, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
As reported by Reuters , legendary hip-hop and rap artists "The Beastie Boys" were recently sued in federal court in New York by TufAmerica, Inc., the purported exclusive licensee of ...
Continue reading "The Beastie Boys Sued For Copyright Infringement Based On Unauthorized "Sampling"" »
Posted on May 10, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
On the heels of our post concerning luxury jean designer True Religion's anti-counterfeiting strategy , U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that its Homeland Security ...
Continue reading "The Best Defense Is A Good Offense: Raid At Baltimore Flea Market Highlights Necessity for Diligent, Proactive Anti-Counterfeiting Methods" »
Posted on May 2, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
Venture capitalists move over. CNN Money reports that inventor Eric Migicovsky raised over $7.8 Million through the crowdfunding website Kickstarter, obliterating the previous Kickstarter fundraising ...
Continue reading "Crowdfunding Raises Important Intellectual Property Concerns -- What You Should Know" »
Posted on Apr 30, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
The Los Angeles Times reported that luxury jeans designer and manufacturer, True Religion, won an $864 million judgment against 282 websites reportedly selling fake True Religion products from China ...
Continue reading "Luxury Jeans Designer True Religion Wins $864 Million Judgment Against Chinese Counterfeiters -- But, Was It Worth It?" »
Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
As recently reported in The Wall Street Journal , it has become fashionable for businesses seeking to market new products to revive brands that had years ago been ubiquitous but had since become ...
Continue reading "Should You Acquire A Vintage Brand For Your New Product?" »
Posted on Apr 25, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
A California-based band by the same name has filed a lawsuit against popular United Kingdom boy band One Direction . In a complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Central District ...
Continue reading "HOT OFF THE PRESSES: Popular UK Boy Band 'One Direction' Sued In California for Trademark Infringement" »
Posted on Apr 24, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
Today would have been the birthday of Gideon Sunback, the Swedish American engineer who received a patent in 1917 for an invention he called a "Separable Fastener": ...
Continue reading "Gideon Sunback - Inventor of the Zipper - Celebrated Today on Google Doodle." »
Posted on Mar 29, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
There has been much hype recently about new domain name extensions that will soon become available. Instead of the traditional .com, .net and .org, the less traditional .biz and .info, or the ...
Continue reading "Clients Ask About Protecting Trademarks In View Of Impending Issuance Of New gTLD's" »
Posted on Mar 13, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
How did international superstars Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrate the birth of their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, in January? They commemorated the occasion by filing an intent-to-use, multi-class trademark ...
Continue reading ""Blue Ivy Carter": The Importance of Registering Trademarks" »
Posted on Feb 17, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
Jeremy Lin ("Lin") is a professional basketball player with the New York Knicks who, until recently, toiled in obscurity, but has managed to turn an opportunity to start for the Knicks into ...
Continue reading "This Is "Linsanity": Registering Personal Names Of Others As Trademarks" »
Posted on Feb 10, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
Following every National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl since 1987, despite the celebratory chaos and clamor that surrounds the winning team and their fans, the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player ...
Continue reading ""I'm Going to Disney World!" Trademark Protection for Advertising Slogans and Phrases" »
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
Rude Music, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois yesterday claiming that presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, Newt 2012, Inc. and the American ...
Continue reading "Hot Off The Presses: Newt Gingrich Is Sued For Copyright Infringement Over Playing Of "Eye Of The Tiger" Song Recording" »
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
One of the most frequently asked questions directed to intellectual property attorneys is: what are the legal marking requirements for patents, trademarks and copyrights? In this post, we will provide ...
Continue reading "Don't Forget About Intellectual Property Markings" »
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
Even with our own clients, whom we caution against blind use of checklist composed agreements or "boilerplate" form agreements, we are not always immediately successful in getting them to ...
Continue reading "The Unfortunate Phases Often Followed In Developing A Licensing Agreement" »
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
Electronic Arts, developers of a variety of hugely successful and popular video games including The Sims and Madden NFL , filed a federal action in the Northern District of California on January 6, ...
Continue reading "Video Game Developer Claims First Amendment Right To Use Trademarks In Video Games" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
Everyone generally understands the need to "cover all the bases" in a license agreement. Unfortunately, it has been our experience that very few people actually accomplish this goal. When ...
Continue reading "License Agreement Boilerplate Provisions Can Get You Into Hot Water" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Grimes & Battersby
Welcome to the Grimes & Battersby blog! The mission of our blog is to present thought provoking, timely analysis and discussion of news, trends and emerging issues related to intellectual property ...
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