‘Trademark News’ Category

• PUBLISHED on January 08, 2013

As an attorney and small law firm owner who does primarily intellectual property and licensing, I get to meet the most interesting people and see and hear about the most interesting new products and services. My first client of the 2013 New Year could not fit his new invention through the front door of my [...]

• PUBLISHED on December 08, 2012

3 TRADEMARK TIPS FOR YOUR BRAND Did you know that you can adversely affect the value of your trademarks by improper use? 1. REGISTER YOUR TRADEMARKS File and register your company’s name, logos, slogans and any other source identifiers with the federal government at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Federal registration is not required, however it is [...]

• PUBLISHED on November 13, 2012

Pollie Gautsch, attorney and owner of G&A Legal, is a finalist for the San Diego Business Journal’s 2012 “Women Who Mean Business Awards.” The SDBJ “Women Who Mean Business Awards” is a program designed to recognize dynamic women business leaders and role models selected for their achievements and contributions to the San Diego companies and [...]

• PUBLISHED on September 19, 2012

• PUBLISHED on July 29, 2012

This is a great articles about the infringers of Olympic ring trademarks reprinted by Pollie Gautsch G&A Legal: The Olympics are about to begin, and the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games has been notoriously strict about the use by non-sponsors of items such as the Olympic rings, the word “Olympics,” and even the use of [...]

• PUBLISHED on May 23, 2012

Great article in the San Diego Union Tribune today about WomanCare Global, a client of G&A Legal: “Ask Saundra Pelletier about herself and she starts with her childhood in Caribou, a small town at the northeastern tip of Maine where her mother taught her to want more than the potato-farming community could offer. “Women there [...]

• PUBLISHED on May 12, 2012

One of the most familiar trademarks for women and men of a certain age gains even more protection with a recent case: L’Oreal SA (OR)’s effort to register trademarks that sound similar to Botox, a wrinkle treatment made by Allergan Inc. (AGN), was rejected by the top European Union court. The EU Court of Justice [...]

• PUBLISHED on April 15, 2012

For those of you who have questions about AdWords and using someones trademark: Foreign language education company Rosetta Stone Inc.’s lawsuit against Google Inc. over use of trademarks in its advertising search terms may be headed to trial. That’s after a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond on Monday [...]

• PUBLISHED on March 08, 2012

Wow…these parents are on the ball… About a month after the world started buzzing about the baby name Blue Ivy, parents Jay-Z and Beyonce are applying to get the moniker trademarked. An approved trademark could give them the rights to transform Blue Ivy from tiny baby into billion-dollar brand. While Boston event planner Veronica Alexandra [...]

• PUBLISHED on February 02, 2012

Article from Bloomberg.com Christian Louboutin SA lost a court bid to stop Yves Saint Laurent America from selling women’s shoes that Louboutin claims are identical to its trademarked red-sole footwear. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in New York rejected Louboutin’s request for a preliminary injunction halting sales of the shoes during the case. “Because in the fashion industry color [...]