“Obama Pajamas” trademarks laid to rest
By Steven L. Baron & Rebecca A. Edwards
Intellectual Property,
April 2011
Time will tell if other applicants attempt to register trademarks such as “Clinton’s Mittens” “Sotomayer’s Attire” or “Emanuel Flannels” without permission. But for now, this USPTO decision seems to have put this issue to bed.
No just desserts for jus tertii defense in Illinois
By Steven L. Baron & Rebecca A. Edwards
Intellectual Property,
March 2010
A review of the landmark case of The Jim Mullen Charitable Foundation v. World Ability Federation, in which a jus tertii defense used in a trademark infringement case is rejected for the first time in Illinois.
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