Blog – Adam Garson Law

UGG trademark dispute

There isn’t a singular, unified “international trademark system” in the sense of a global organization that governs trademarks worldwide. There are, however, international frameworks and treaties that facilitate trademark protection enforcement across multiple jurisdictions. There is the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid System, and various regional trademark systems such as the European Union […]

Donald Trump USPTO

Long before COVID 19 and remote work, there was the USPTO ‘hoteling’ system. It started in 1997 with 18 employees, and expanded to 500 employees in 2005 and 2006, as the USPTO moved to its shiny new offices in Alexandria.  Over the years, the program has expanded to include pretty much any examiner with more than a year of […]

nostalgia marketing

Strong brands are designed to evoke emotional connections between brand and consumer.  That’s why brand owners are eager to leverage “nostalgia,” a sentimental longing for the past, to create deep and more meaningful relationships with their audience. Nostalgia marketing is very powerful. It can evoke emotions, trust and loyalty by “tapping into the positive memories and […]

unitary patent

Long, long ago (as in last year), if an invention owner wanted to protect an invention in Europe, the owner had to either (a) apply for separate patents in one or more of the countries of Europe, or (b) submit a patent application to the European Patent Office (‘EPO’) and, after approval, register the patent […]

Library Lending

Dear Doc: Digital readers such as the Kindle have become the way that many people borrow books from the public library. It’s like going to the library digitally: you have to wait for a copy to become available, and you can “take it out” for a limited time, after which it disappears from your device. […]

GE Financial

Around the turn of the century, several financial analyst types came up with a way to analyze the pricing of financial services to account for all the costs of selling the service.  The basic invention allows a provider (say, an insurance company) to determine the transactional costs at each step of the transaction, such as […]

Amanda's Barbeque

Trademark lawyers are not branding or marketing consultants. But that is not to say that trademark lawyers should not be involved in the branding and marketing process. Indeed, whether clients are big or small, embarking on a branding strategy that may cause confusion in the marketplace is a waste of resources and could potentially lead […]

license plate reader

Dear Doc: I know this question is not about intellectual property, but I hear that you’ve been lecturing about privacy recently, and I wonder if you’ve heard about Flock license plate readers and a lawsuit claiming that they violate the Fourth Amendment. Signed, Creeped Out Dear Creeped: Yup! The “Doc” has given lectures at many […]

contact lens

This month we’re going to take a look at something really practical: keyword advertising. Keyword advertising is a digital marketing strategy where businesses target specific words or phrases—keywords—relevant to their products or services. The goal is to have advertisements appear in search engine results or on websites when someone searches for or reads content containing […]