Troy Polamalu Trademark

Troy Polamalu Trademark

With news breaking yesterday of Troy Polamalu’s retirement from the National Football League, I did what every normal person would do after hearing such news: I took a look at what trademarks he owns! For those of you who are fans of the NFL, and even for some who are...
Can I Patent a Recipe?

Can I Patent a Recipe?

Technically, the answer is yes.  Is it likely?  Probably not.  Another, and perhaps better question you should be asking yourself is whether or not you actually want to pursue patent protection. Is a recipe patentable? In order to be patentable, a...
Taylor Swift – IP Strategy

Taylor Swift – IP Strategy

First it was removing her music from Spotify.  She followed that with submitting numerous trademark applications protecting some lyrical phrases from her new album for a variety of goods.  Now, she purchased taylorswift.porn and taylorswift.adult. Wait…what?...
History of March Madness®

History of March Madness®

It’s March.  That can only mean one thing: basketball…and lots of it.  After watching my Fighting Illini play themselves out of the B1G Tournament yesterday while simultaneously hurting their NCAA tournament chances, clearly the only thing left for me to do...
Restaurant Trademarks

Restaurant Trademarks

Do you own, or are you thinking about opening up, a restaurant? Aside from having some good food, you’ve probably also cooked up a name you like, but have you thought about securing rights to that restaurant trademark?  Your customers will identify you by your...