The most watched show currently airing on MTV is a reality-based program called Jersey Shore. By all accounts, it is mindless dreck that features a cast of four guys and four girls who do almost nothing besides drink, party, fight, and fornicate. I’ve personally never seen more than 10 minutes of the wildly popular show, [...]
IHOP (Pancakes) v. IHOP (Prayer) – An Unholy Trademark Infringement?
I have to thank my friend Ray for bringing to my attention an interesting trademark dispute involving one of my favorite breakfast joints dating back to when I was a kid living in Paramus, New Jersey. The International House of Pancakes (more commonly known by the acronym “IHOP”) is a large chain of casual restaurants [...]
Twitter v. Teeshirtmania.biz: Trademark Oppositions Worth “Following”
Since I’m an equal opportunity kind of guy, I’ve decided to write a little something about Twitter this week after devoting last week’s blog entry to Facebook (which, by the way, got a couple of “likes” after I posted it on my wall). Perhaps some of you Twitter addicts out there will similarly show me [...]
