Eric Goldman (http://blog.ericgoldman.org), whom I respect a great deal, suggested I consider whether the “first sale” doctrine would apply to Ansel Adams’ alleged long lost negatives dispute. (See post of 8/27/2010 — http://www.jonathanpinkesq.com/ansel-adams-or-not-the-story-of-a-trademark-dispute.) I now have, and don’t believe it does.
While trademark law prohibits some uses of another’s trademark, that prohibition is not unlimited. [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2010’
Ansel Adams and the First Sale Doctrine
Ansel Adams or Not? The Story of a Trademark Dispute
Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve written. Yes, when I extol the virtues of a blog, I always say write often. I’ll save the excuses. (OK, fine; twist my arm: in a nutshell, I became despondent when I took a friend’s offer to jazz up my site and saw my ranking plummet, plummet! From [...]
Fighting over the “Nurdle”
Fighting over the “nurdle”: Colgate and Aqua-Fresh are in a pitched trademark battle over the nurdle, that curvy swirl of toothpaste that is a marketing icon on toothpaste tubes, boxes and media ads. Thanks to my eagle-eyed wife, Andrea, who spotted this gem in Friday’s Wall Street Journal.
