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Josh Gerben and Eric Perrott co-authored an article for Bloomberg that discusses what businesses who use crowdsourcing campaigns need to consider when it comes to trademark registrations.
Milo & Gabby LLC is involved in a trademark dispute with Amazon, whose case could be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. A lower court ruling stated that Amazon was not liable for the pillowcase knock-offs because it did not actually sell or offer to sell them. Milo & Gabby said this allows for online marketplace distributors to escape liability. Eric Perrott was quoted by Bloomberg Law about Amazon’s role in selling third-party goods.
During the USPTO’s annual conference on emerging intellectual property law and policy, Eric Perrott of Gerben IP provided insight on the considerations U.S. and foreign businesses make when deciding what trademarks can (and should) be protected in the United States.
On July 26, 2017, Gerben IP attorney Eric Perrott spoke before a roundtable of USPTO officials and other interested parties on fraudulent solicitations. Eric explained how these scam e-mails undermine the Firm’s relationship with its clients and the integrity of the trademark application process itself.
Corporate Counsel sat down with trademark attorney Josh Gerben to write an informative on the difference between trademark symbols, and when to use which marks.
In June, Gene Simmons submitted a trademark application to protect the sign of the horns gesture that he has used on stage. Later that month, he withdrew his application. CNBC wrote about the odds of the application being approved. Gerben IP attorney Eric Perrott was quoted discussing how other hand gesture marks differ from that of Simmons’.
A recent trademark craze is celebrities filing trademark applications using names of their children. MarketWatch and Josh Gerben discuss Victoria Beckham’s trademark filings made on her daughter’s name.
As many as three towns in North Dakota have been called the geographic center of North America. Rugby, one of the towns, registered a trademark that commemorated this title. With its recent lapse, a bar owner in Robinson, N.D., registered a similar phrase that acknowledges the center being located in this different town. The New York Times quoted Josh Gerben regarding the trademark aspect of the dispute.
Gerben IP is proud to announce that trademark attorney Josh Gerben has been named as one of the top 10 trademark filers in the United States. In its annual report on top trademark practitioners (called the WTR 1000), the WTR magazine listed Mr. Gerben as the #9 filer in the US (according to data provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office).
Trademark Attorney Eric Perrott to moderate the “Trademark: The USPTO Speaks: An Update from the USPTO and TTAB” panel at the 32nd Annual International Property Law Conference that involves top USPTO officials, including Commissioner Denison and Chief TTAB Judge Rogers.
The Democratic National Committee launched an anti-Donald Trump advertising campaign in which it used a Donald Duck mascot to claim the Donald was “ducking” on releasing his tax returns. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog discusses whether the DNC was infringing on Disney’s intellectual property with trademark attorney Josh Gerben.
One of the greatest Olympians, Michael Phelps, created an Instagram account for his then-3 month old son as an online photobook. The Washington Post and Josh Gerben discussed what happens when someone takes and uses your photos without permission.
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