Tag: trademarks

March Madness Trademarks

March is my favorite month for many reasons. One of them is March Madness. Like the NFL and the trademark in the mark for the “SUPER BOWL,” the NCAA owns the rights to the mark for “MARCH MADNESS” and aggressively enforces against other companies who use the trademarks without their permission. So if your company […]

Can Bugs Bunny and the “What’s Up Doc?” Trademark cause confusion with a real MD?

Here’s another good likelihood of confusion test/example in a recent trademark application for a mark that you all might have heard of before. On January 13th, 2021, Warner Bros. filed a trademark opposition against Lawrence Merle Nelson DBA William Brown MD, for his application to register “What’s Up Doc?” for “personal coaching services in the […]