I just did a two (2) hour combination kickboxing/weights/tabata fundraiser class and I don’t want to see another jump squat or burpee or one-foot plank or any variation on the crunch for a very long time please & thank you 🫠

ugh yeah watched that a couple years ago & was so disappointed

I’ll stick with the original series

watching gilmore girls with my daughter and it’s true what they say, I feel a lot more sympathetic toward emily

sooooo good

won’t someone think of the time traveler’s WIFE

I just finished the new anna quindlen and started the new allegra goodman 🥰

and sunday i am doing a two hour boxing workout class that’s a fundraiser for parkinson’s research

headline reads: Lil Baby Accuses Business Partner Of Selling Illegal Hemp Products

i think we can all agree no one should sell illegal hemp products to a lil baby

Bruce Springsteen’s Merch Partner Sues to Stop Tour Knockoffs in New Jersey The merch supplier for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band is seeking a legal injunction to stop counterfeit tour sales, starting in New Jersey.

today in "trademark news my husband will care about," the official supplier for bruce springsteen merch is seeking a nationwide injunction to stop the sale of infringing goods as his tour kicks off

www.billboard.com/pro/bruce-sp...

her use was so different from theirs that I resented the assertion that it would create confusion!

3. the band van halen opposed a TM application by a member's ex-wife, kelly van halen
4. chachi gonzalez--i wrote about her story (& dončić's) in my article on trademark registrations for the names of minors:

houstonlawreview.org/article/1275...

yes! 4 off the top of my head:
1. the kardashians opposed an application by blac chyna to register ANGELA RENEE KARDASHIAN
2. luka dončić's application to register his name was refused based on likelihood of confusion w/ his mom's registrations for his name (w/ his consent)

(i am not trying to opine on the merits of the jo malone case, as i haven't read enough to have formed an opinion, but i found the quotes both fascinating & representative of this set of cases)

in the age of personal brand, this may become even harder for folks who work hard to turn themselves into brands to accept

i discuss haley paige's story & the concept of personal brand as property in "litigating personal brand: IP & the construction of self"

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

yes, people can always use their names as names & to describe who created or makes something, but they can't use them as trademarks if they create a likelihood of confusion w/ similar marks in related industries--especially if doing so violates a prior agreement about them.

jo malone is the latest of those, & this article is chock full of quotes about her shock & dismay at being sued over the use of her name in partnership w/ zara: "i am a person...I can't stop being the person. ...I sold a company. I did not sell myself."

evoke.ie/2026/04/08/s...

haley paige gutman, who waged one of those battles against jlm couture, said she wasn't alone in her fight: "this is for chloe coscarelli...kenneth poole, this is for halston, kate spade, ralph rucci, paul frank, joseph abboud, catherine malandrino, karen millen..."

there are so many stories of designers entering agreements with corporations that involve the exclusive use of their name and/or ownership of their name marks, & then ending up in litigation after they part ways with the company & want to use their name commercially again

i wrote about MLMs' deceptive marketing practices in "multi-level lies" & argued that multi-level marketing companies' false claims have two sets of victims: the end consumers & the sellers themselves

lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/58/...

FTC Takes Action Against High-Level MLM Participant who Deceived Workers About the Amount of Money They Can Earn The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against a high-level participant in a multilevel marketing (MLM) company over allegations she used false or baseless earning claims to recruit workers,

of course, the vast majority of MLM participants--by many accounts, >99%-- make little or no money.

www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

FTC recently took action against stormy wellington, a high-level participant in 2 MLMs, for using deceptive earning claims to reel in new members

she promised new recruits that they'd earn "no less than six figures, no less" & said she'd make “60 new millionaires in 2026”

thank you

i confess it took me a sec to find the 9 inside the B 🫣

obviously "violating copyright, not the planet" is a slogan expertly designed to troll those of us who know the difference between trademark and copyright 😖😫😩

Mumumelon: the campaign using dupes as a “vehicle” for climate activism Climate activist group Action Speaks Louder argues Mumumelon campaign does not “directly copy” Lululemon clothing.

"the mock ‘mumumelon’ brand targeting lululemon [& advocating for climate action] highlights how parody & brand-jamming are evolving into more advanced advocacy tools, while exposing the reality that UK trademark law offers no parody defence."

-WTR www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/mumu...

That big snow pile in Somerville? The cars buried in it are emerging. - The Boston Globe City officials said the cars were inoperable when they were buried during the snow emergency earlier this year.

it’s our pompeii
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/14/m...

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apparently these guys!

truly feel schmierkäse would be a much better mark than smearcase

and yet

bsky.app/profile/musi...

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