LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A company can use a unique typeface to convey pretty much anything on any of its products, its advertising, its website, and any other place a company would publicly use the written word. Throw the book at them, Mr. Gutenberg! Why would a company want to design a unique typeface?

Design Patent 52

Design Patent Designs Design Patent 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Trump Woodward’s publication, The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump, an audio-book also released in print. Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.” ” US Const.,

Ownership 52

Ownership Copyright Government Intellectual Property 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

Sunder’s book does extensively.] Skepticism: good for parties, but systemic effect has third party costs to the public—extralegally erodes spaces that law preserves for public use, like facts being in the public domain. Payoffs: Facts as part of larger public domain that needs to grow and not shrink.

IP 72

IP Public Domain Music Copyright 72

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Did a book on © and one on TM and sold out of the TM book in an hour at a quilt industry show. Problems: JELLY ROLL is registered for fabric, but the public uses it generically to describe strips from a fabric line rolled into a roll. Says you can’t write a book w/o her permission. What to do next?

Trademark Law 72

Trademark Law Trademark Art Branding 72