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Dystopian Trademark Revelations, Amanda Levendowski
Dystopian Trademark Revelations, Amanda Levendowski
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Uncovering dystopian technologies is challenging. Nondisclosure agreements, procurement policies, trade secrets, and strategic obfuscation collude to shield the development and deployment of these technologies from public scrutiny until it is too late to combat them with law or policy. But occasionally, exposing dystopian technologies is simple. Corporations choose technology trademarks inspired by dystopian philosophies and novels or similar elements of real life—all warnings that their potential uses are dystopian as well. That pronouncement is not necessarily trumpeted on social media or corporate websites, however. It is revealed in a more surprising place: trademark registrations at the U.S. Patent and Trademark …
Trademarks And Censorship In The Time Of Covid-19, Xuan-Thao Nguyen
Trademarks And Censorship In The Time Of Covid-19, Xuan-Thao Nguyen
Articles
During the devastating year of 2020, China quickly conquered the novel coronavirus and roared back economically while the United States faced staggering deaths and economic losses. But underneath the divergent experience of the two countries is an untold story of trademark and censorship in the time of COVID-19. This Article observes that while the United States Supreme Court has lifted the ban on trademark registrations for unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, opening the door for offensive COVID-19 trademark applications, China has transformed trademark law into the law for censorship as Chinese authorities press forward to achieve twin victories over the coronavirus and …
The Exclusive Right To Customize?, Mark A. Lemley, Sari Mazzurco
The Exclusive Right To Customize?, Mark A. Lemley, Sari Mazzurco
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Artists, political commentators, and even multinational corporations are increasingly taking existing branded products and modifying them – sometimes to comment on the underlying product, sometimes to make a political or artistic statement unrelated to that product, sometimes to make them look fancier than they are, and sometimes for their own advertising purposes. As ornamenting and customizing existing products has shifted from a personal hobby to a business model, trademark owners have begun to insist that they have the exclusive right to control the appearance of products associated with them or that prominently bear their logos. We call this assertion a …
Albrecht Durer's Enforcement Actions: A Trademark Origin Story, Peter J. Karol
Albrecht Durer's Enforcement Actions: A Trademark Origin Story, Peter J. Karol
Law Faculty Scholarship
This article offers a trademark-framed reappraisal of a pair of extraordinary enforcement actions brought by the Northern Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) against copyists of his work. These cases have long been debated by art, cultural, and copyright historians insofar as they appear to reject Durer's demand for protocopyright protection. Commentators have also contested the historicity of one of the two narratives. But surprisingly little attention has been paid by trademark scholars to the companion holdings-in the same texts-that affirm Durer's right to prevent the use of his monogram on unauthorized reproductions. This article seeks to fill that gap by …
Fashion In The Times Of War: The Recent Exodus Of Luxury Brands From Russia And What It Means For Trademark Law, Irene Calboli, Vera Sevastianova
Fashion In The Times Of War: The Recent Exodus Of Luxury Brands From Russia And What It Means For Trademark Law, Irene Calboli, Vera Sevastianova
Faculty Scholarship
In February 2022, Russia infamously invaded Ukraine, starting an unprovoked war. As a result, many foreign companies left their Russia-based operations, including most luxury fashion houses. In these remarks, we elaborate on the possible issues that these companies may face regarding the enforcement of their IP rights in Russia, particularly trademark rights, following their departure resulting from the sanctions imposed by Western countries.
At the time of writing, perhaps the most pressing issue is whether luxury fashion houses risk losing their trademark rights in Russia due to their decision to suspend their operations, even though temporarily. An additional issue facing …
Color Of Creatorship - Author's Response, Anjali Vats
Color Of Creatorship - Author's Response, Anjali Vats
Articles
This essay is the author's response to three reviews of The Color of Creatorship written by notable intellectual property scholars and published in the IP Law Book Review.
Intellectual Property And Tabletop Games, Christopher B. Seaman, Thuan Tran
Intellectual Property And Tabletop Games, Christopher B. Seaman, Thuan Tran
Scholarly Articles
There is a rich body of literature regarding intellectual property’s (“IP”) “negative spaces”—fields where creation and innovation thrive without significant formal protection from IP law. Scholars have written about innovation in diverse fields despite weak or nonexistent IP rights, such as fashion design, fine cuisine, stand-up comedy, magic tricks, tattoos, and sports plays. Instead, these fields rely on social norms, first- mover advantage, and other (non-IP) legal regimes to promote innovation in the absence of IP protection.
As a comparison to these studies, this Article comprehensively analyzes the role of IP law in facilitating innovation in tabletop gaming, including board …
Trademark Law And Consumer Constraints, Laura A. Heymann
Trademark Law And Consumer Constraints, Laura A. Heymann
Faculty Publications
Trademark law’s focus is on the consumer. Both the trademark literature and the marketing literature, however, tend to assume a consumer with few constraints on economic or cognitive processing resources. For example, scholars have argued that some confusion in the marketplace is not only inevitable but is also an overall positive in that encountering confusion trains consumers to be more resourceful and to learn how to interpret marketing communications more carefully. But not all consumers have the same level of cognitive and economic resources. Disadvantaged consumers—such as those not literate in the English language, those with lower socioeconomic status, and …
Kernochan Center News - Fall 2022, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center News - Fall 2022, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
No abstract provided.
Make Some Sense Of Scent Trademarks: The United States Needs A Graphical Representation Requirement, Gabrielle E. Brill
Make Some Sense Of Scent Trademarks: The United States Needs A Graphical Representation Requirement, Gabrielle E. Brill
Law Student Publications
When it comes to consumer loyalty, some businesses have decided to go beyond attracting the eyes. Why not keep customers via their nostrils? Accordingly, the scent marketing industry is booming. Jennifer Dublino, Vice President of Development at ScentWorld Events, remarks that “smell is one of the most unique of human senses. Scent enters the limbic system [of the brain] and bypasses all of the cognitive and logical thought processes and goes directly to the emotional and memory areas of the brain.” Companies like ScentAir have been created specifically to help stores design fragrances that best fit their image and objectives …
Kernochan Center News - Spring 2022, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center News - Spring 2022, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
No abstract provided.
Trademarks In Conversation: Assessing Genericism After Booking.Com, Laura A. Heymann
Trademarks In Conversation: Assessing Genericism After Booking.Com, Laura A. Heymann
Faculty Publications
It is a fundamental principle of U.S. trademark law that to serve as a trademark, a word or phrase must “indicate the source” of the goods or services with which it is associated and, conversely, that a term that is understood to be the common name of a good or service is “generic” and cannot be protected as a trademark. Yet it still seems difficult to determine exactly what each concept means, particularly when the actual “source” of any goods or services might be opaque to consumers.
In part, this difficulty comes from the fact that status as a trademark …
Mark Of The Devil: The University As Brand Bully, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
Mark Of The Devil: The University As Brand Bully, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
Faculty Scholarship
In recent years, universities have been accused in news stories of becoming “trademark bullies,” entities that use their trademarks to harass and intimidate beyond what the law can reasonably be interpreted to allow. Universities have also intensified efforts to gain expansive new marks. The Ohio State University’s attempt to trademark the word “the” is probably the most notorious. There has also been criticism of universities’ attempts to use their trademarks to police clearly legal speech about their activities. But beyond provocative anecdotes, how can one assess whether a particular university is truly bullying, since there are entirely legitimate reasons for …
Kernochan Center News - Fall 2021, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center News - Fall 2021, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
No abstract provided.
Kernochan Center News - Early Summer 2021, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center News - Early Summer 2021, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
No abstract provided.
Kernochan Center News - Winter 2021, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center News - Winter 2021, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
No abstract provided.
Kernochan Center News - Spring 2021, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center News - Spring 2021, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
No abstract provided.
Trademarks As Surveillance Transparency, Amanda Levendowski
Trademarks As Surveillance Transparency, Amanda Levendowski
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
We know very little about the technologies that watch us. From cell site simulators to predictive policing algorithms, the lack of transparency around surveillance technologies makes it difficult for the public to engage in meaningful oversight. Legal scholars have critiqued various corporate and law enforcement justifications for surveillance opacity, including contract and intellectual property law. But the public needs a free, public, and easily accessible source of information about corporate technologies that might be used to watch us. To date, the literature has overlooked a free, extensive, and easily accessible source of information about surveillance technologies hidden in plain sight: …
The Meaning Of Mcdonald's [(R)], Laura A. Heymann
Fixing Informational Asymmetry Through Trademark Search, Jessica Silbey
Fixing Informational Asymmetry Through Trademark Search, Jessica Silbey
Faculty Scholarship
I call this paper a “Levendowski special.” It follows the signature format of much of Professor Levendowski’s prior work which, as in the latest article, recruits a legal tool typically aimed at one set of problems for the purpose of cleverly addressing a different set of problems. Her past articles harnessed copyright law to “fix artificial intelligence’s implicit bias” (2018) and to “combat revenge porn.” (2014). This paper draws on Professor Levendowski’s expertise working in private practice as a trademark attorney to address the problem of surveillance technology opacity. It is a primer on how to investigate trademark …
United States Patent And Trademark Office V. Booking.Com B.V.: How Do We Know When Something Is A Name?, Laura A. Heymann
United States Patent And Trademark Office V. Booking.Com B.V.: How Do We Know When Something Is A Name?, Laura A. Heymann
Popular Media
No abstract provided.
Guest Post Out Of The Blue The Federal Circuit Devises A New Rule For Color Mark, Christine Farley
Guest Post Out Of The Blue The Federal Circuit Devises A New Rule For Color Mark, Christine Farley
Editorial Contributions
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that color marks on product packaging can be inherently distinctive. On April 8, 2020, the court issued its opinion in In re: Forney Industries, Inc. It stated that “a distinct color-based product packaging mark can indicate the source of the goods to a consumer, and, therefore, can be inherently distinctive.”URL: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2020/04/federal-circuit-devises.html
A Comparative Study Of Trademarks: Usmca (U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement) And Nafta (North American Free Trade Agreement), Roberto Rosas
A Comparative Study Of Trademarks: Usmca (U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement) And Nafta (North American Free Trade Agreement), Roberto Rosas
Faculty Articles
The definition of a trademark has expanded under the U.S. -Mexico-Canada Agreement ("USMCA "'), which provides more protection for rights holders. Currently, these three countries are bound by the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"'), which has a narrow definition for trademarks. The North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"'), which came into effect on January 1, 1994, was a significant agreement between some of the largest, strongest, and well-developed economies in the world: United States and Canada. It also helped to invigorate Mexico's future economic development. NAFTA's broad purpose was to regulate the exchange of capital, goods, and services across …
Engaging First Year Students With Intellectual Property, Marian G. Armour-Gemmen
Engaging First Year Students With Intellectual Property, Marian G. Armour-Gemmen
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
Since intellectual property is so important to engineers, creating enthusiasm from the beginning of their engineering studies is imperative. Since first year students have not learned how to apply technological concepts to real life, demonstrating intellectual property could be a challenge. To engage first year engineering students in the concept and the value of intellectual property, students were introduced to basic concepts and applications. Different concepts were applied to real life examples allowing them to interface with technology from an intellectual property perspective. This paper highlights not only patents, but also trademarks and trade secrets.
Right On Time: A Reply To Professors Allen, Claeys, Epstein, Gordon, Holbrook, Mossoff, Rose, And Van Houweling, Dotan Oliar, James Y. Stern
Right On Time: A Reply To Professors Allen, Claeys, Epstein, Gordon, Holbrook, Mossoff, Rose, And Van Houweling, Dotan Oliar, James Y. Stern
Faculty Publications
A simple observation started us off in writing Right on Time. Studying and teaching intellectual property law, we noticed striking parallels between traditional first possession rules in property law and analagous rules governing the acquisition of patent, copyright, and trademark rights. We thought that established first possession principles could illuminate the workings of IP law. As we dug in, however, it became increasingly clear that our premise wasn’t quite right. While many penetrating commentators had said many penetrating things about first possession, the leading treatments tended to focus on significant individual aspects of the overall issue. What we could …
Kernochan Center News - Winter 2020, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center News - Winter 2020, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
No abstract provided.
Kernochan Center News - Spring 2020, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center News - Spring 2020, Kernochan Center For Law, Media And The Arts
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
No abstract provided.
What We've Got Here Is A Failure To Indicate, Laura A. Heymann
What We've Got Here Is A Failure To Indicate, Laura A. Heymann
Popular Media
No abstract provided.
Scotus's Second Take On Trademark Registration As Speech, Christine Farley
Scotus's Second Take On Trademark Registration As Speech, Christine Farley
Editorial Contributions
Professor Farley offers her take on Iancu v. BrunettiURL: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2019/06/scotuss-trademark-registration.html
Spill-Over Reputation: Comparative Study Of India & The United States, Srividhya Ragavan
Spill-Over Reputation: Comparative Study Of India & The United States, Srividhya Ragavan
Faculty Scholarship
This paper compares India’s position with that of the US on the question of protection of well-known marks in the light of applicable international legal prescriptions. The discussion in this paper compares protection for famous foreign marks (as opposed to a famous mark). Famous foreign marks are those that have acquired fame in one country and hence, well-known in another country.