Patent Law

Someone needs an intellectual property legal advisor

By Douglas J. Sorocco, J. Matthew Buchanan, Laura C. Woods and Emily E. Campbell.

The following Fox News article looks like a “Where’s Waldo” of incorrect intellectual property references.

“Stefan Doyno, 19, took out a patent on the phrase 'Change Rocks' three years ago to market his line of boutique jewelry and stones. Through a Web search, he found out that the very same trademark was used for an Oct. 7, fundraiser and concert for the Illinois senator in Chicago, according to a report in the White Plains Journal News.

Click here to read the White Plains Journal News story.

Attorneys for the first-year SUNY-Buffalo student fired off a letter to the candidates' camp stating that any use of 'Change Rocks' on t-shirts or memorabilia would constitute copyright infringement.

An Obama spokeswoman said that no clothing has been sold with the 'Change Rocks' slogan and invited Doyno to join the hopeful's grassroots network in New York, the state of Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.”

Time for Fox News to hire an intellectual property legal advisor.

Full post as published by Phosita on January 10, 2008 (boomark / email).