2011 Intellectual Property Year in Review and Outlook for 2012 - Part II: Trademarks

Attorney Peter Lando, host of IP Counsel and partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes John Welch, Of Counsel with Lando & Anastasi, to discuss important trademark cases and issues of 2011 that may continue well into the new year. Peter and John discuss the high profile trademark battle between designers, Christian Louboutin and Yves St. Laurent, over a trademark for the color red for shoe soles; the trademark "bullying" report from the U.S. Commerce Department; recent happenings regarding fraud at the USPTO; the latest cases interpreting the trademark statute on dilution by blurring; and the effect of the recent launch of generic TLD’s on trademark owners.

Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/ip-counsel/2012/02/2011-intellectual-property-year-in-review-and-outlook-for-2012-part-ii-trademarks/

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