Recent Posts Tagged With 'celebrity trademarks'

• Celebrity Trademark: Monopoly

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 00:00 in celebrity trademarks

  The 13th Monopoly World Championship was held this week in Las Vegas Nevada. Out of the 41 international contestants, Bjorn Halvard Knappskog, a 19 year old from Norway, emerged victorious. He won $20,580.00, which is the amount of rainbow colored ...

• Celebrity Trademarks: KB Toys

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 12:00 in celebrity trademarks

  KB Toys, longtime vendor of children’s toys, regrettably has filed for bankruptcy and is currently liquidating its assets in order to satisfy its creditors. Among the items up for bid were KB Toys trademark, logos, and domain name as the retailer...

• Celebrity Trademarks: Twitter Trying to Trademark “Tweet” Before It’s Too Late

  Posted on Monday August 17th, 2009 at 02:00 in celebrity trademarks

  True story: I loved Twitter. Then I hated Twitter. And now I use it only to diversify my online social media portfolio. I mean, the micro-blogging site has even spawned new lingo in the English language! As I just used the term, an update poste...

• Celebrity Trademarks: Jay Leno Boots Cybersquatter

  Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 12:00 in celebrity trademarks

  Jay Leno may be the predictable, humorless, lisping shadow of the much more talented, suave, and hilarious Conan O'Brien, but that's not the only thing our mega-chinned lackey was lacking. For five years, thejaylenoshow.com domain name did not bel...

• Celebrity Trademarks: Michael Jackson, an Intellectual Property Goldmine?

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 12:00 in celebrity trademarks

  The recently deceased superstar was known by many names: the King of Pop, M.J., Jack-o, and the list goes on. We also recognize him either as a dark-skinned cherub-faced child or a pale, middle-aged man with over-processed facial features. Why do...

• Celebrity Trademarks: Octomom

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 11:18 in celebrity trademarks

  You may be familiar with Octomom, the Florida woman who recently gave birth to octuplets, but have you heard of Octomom the brand? Nadya Suleman, "affectionately" nicknamed "Octomom" by the tabloid media, recently applied to the USPTO to register th...

• Celebrity Trademarks: Martin Luther King Jr. -- Is His Family Entitled to Fundraising Royalties?

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 00:00 in celebrity trademarks

  Controversy surrounds a future Washington D.C. memorial dedicated to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, a nonprofit organization, arranged the construction of the memorial and is payi...

• Celebrity Trademarks: Dick Clark

  Posted on Wednesday January 21st, 2009 at 13:20 in celebrity trademarks

  Around the world, all eyes would turn to Times Square in New York City on New Year's Eve. Millions would watch as Dick Clark entertained us, and finally counted down to the infamous dropping ball in the seconds before the new year arrived in the Bi...