did you guys know on jetblue you can just watch videos of puppies playing for your whole flight

my lyft driver’s name means “appeared,” so that seems good! but apparently it also means “ghost” so that seems less good

my sweet (elderly) puppy has a UTI and hasn’t been eating as much the last few days even tho the meds helped immediately. today she hadn’t eaten at all but she is finally crunching some food while I sit with her & i’m so relieved 🥲

I read 133 books in 2025 📚 💕 i’ll put some of my favs from the year below & if bsky is anything like twitter I’ll look forward to getting dragged for a) listening to audiobooks & calling it reading, b) my taste in literature, & c) posting about books at all

wow I really had my act together this morning huh 😒

it’s 18 degrees (“feels like” 10), my husband’s at work, my kids are making me take them sledding check on me later

i spoke with @wsj about the "total 90" trademark dispute. a small company noticed nike's trademark registration for TOTAL 90 had lapsed, so they registered it & started using it on related goods & then sued nike for infringing it...

I dreamt last night that I was recruited to join an ice hockey team for women lawyers I wasn’t (am not) good & knew I would mostly warm the bench but I was just so thrilled to be on the team

zootopia 2 is about patent law????

actual confusion? www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

sometimes I think about quitting sugar and just assume this is how it would go for me

Today in design patents: D1107216 issued for a tablet. Oddly nothing is disclaimed here. #DesignPatents

fancy chicago restaurant "smyth" sues neihgborhood spot "smyth tavern" inside the smyth tribeca hotel for trademark infringement after 4 years of coexistence & as though it isn't basically the most common surname in all of america ny.eater.com/news/407901/...

lexi love trademark dispute hits a little close to home for me love, lex news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/drag-...

with a turtle for a client you'll never feel rushed 🐢

are you a @northeastern undergrad or (non-law) grad student looking for a fun spring elective? check out #MakeYourMark (INAM 5240), my @nu_camd class on trademark, advertising, & endorsement in creative industries course description & some sample student evals below:

making this breaking news update 50% about the status of the suspect in the brown shooting & 50% about how we talk funny here in new england was quite a choice

my husband & I are the same meyers-briggs type, is that common or unusual?

after i posted this @theverge.com reached out about the petition to cancel the twitter marks so now we *are* talking about residual goodwill! www.theverge.com/report/84199...

more importantly, why aren't we talking about residual goodwill if another platform using "twitter" creates a likelihood of confusion because of lingering association with x, that can be enough to enjoin its use even if x has no intent to resume use

the twitter bird is named larry bird!?! that seems like a whole separate issue!

signing your kids up for hiphop is great because they come home from school like "hey mom can you play 'it takes two' by rob base?" "hey mom want to see my dance to 'it's goin' down' by yung joc?"

we are about to start seeing a lot of “chatgpt told me to” defenses in criminal & civil litigation if we aren’t already

I got a phishing email yesterday that said it was a student complaint and I was like “oh no!!” except it was from harvard and I do not teach at harvard you’d have to be really mad at me to file a formal complaint about me all the way in cambridge

doing an #AMA tomorrow for northeastern—ask me anything about trademarks, false advertising, IP, law teaching, drinking iced coffee in the winter, or whatever else is on your mind! U/NGNresearch time: 3-430pm ET

Likely to confuse? www.law360.com/ip/articles/... CC: @lexlanham.bsky.social

we are on a zoom with astronaut jonny kim in space & he is currently explaining all the bathroom stuff 💫

ttab says DANKE and MERCI can coexist as trademarks for chocolate--even though consumers will translate both to "thank you" under the doctrine of foreign equivalents & the goods are the same, the marks are conceptually weak & different in sight & sound www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/sa...

chalk one up for shabbat amirite

my kid, opening mail: ugh this card is so chrismassy, like with bible quotes and stuff me: really, who sent it to us? me: …oh

i chatted with @fos about high schools borrowing names, logos, mascots, & other trademarks from professional & college sports teams, the benefits of licensing, & the risks involved in unlicensed use frontofficesports.com/high-schools...

update on congressional candidate shelby campbell's use of campbell soup's logo to campaign: ms. campbell agreed to a stipulated permanent injunction providing she immediately cease all use of the campbell's soup imagery & designs in connection w/ her campaign, fundraising, & promotional materials

WOW. vegadelphia sued beyond meat for using "great taste. plant based" in ads for its dunkin' breakfast sandwich, alleging that phrase infringed its registered trademark “where great taste is plant-based” the jury found infringement & awarded vegadelphia $39M (!!) in damages

in the first high-profile case brought under the ELVIS Act, which explicitly includes voice in TN's right of publicity law, johnny cash's estate sues coca-cola for featuring a soundalike in an ad www.billboard.com/pro/johnny-c...

day 3 of stuffingmaxxing

me: [reviewing very elaborate american girl doll trademark hypo with class] student: professor, I’m sorry but you made an error & I feel obligated to let you know before we go further me (nervous): I did? what was it? student (gravely): you mixed up felicity & kirsten

in case you’re struggling to write your 1L issue spotter exam here is this absolute cluster 😫😫😫

smucker's sues trader joe's for infringing their trade dress in round peanut butter & jelly sandwiches w/ crimped edges--but aren't all those design features functional? i talked w/ @NUGlobalNews about why i think the uncrustables lawsuit is a stretch news.northeastern.edu/2025/11/14/u...

my husband is in mexico doing an ironman today & sometimes i’m like “I too would like a solo warm-weather vacation” but then I remember I don’t want to ride a bike for 6 minutes let alone 6 hours not to mention sandwiched between a swim & a run

saving this image for when I teach false advertising can’t wait to see what kind of claim my students think “science shows” is

yessss this book was a delight 😍

ok, so? let she who *doesn’t* prefer to be formally announced upon arriving at the la brea tar pits cast the first stone

class action against fruit pebbles cereal alleges the cereal says the "family size" box contains 15 servings but it actually only contains 12.2 servings in other words, theyyyyy're YABBA-DABBA-DECEPTIVELY MARKETED! thanks i'll be here all week truthinadvertising.org/wp-content/u...

never going to actually sign up for this site to find out how many people are reading my work or which work they’re reading just going to enjoy the cryptic little affirmations 🥰

the return of the mall intercept survey!

The existence of a “real” Slim Shady, as elaborated in Mathers’ article “The Real Slim Shady”, implies coexistence with other Shadys, potentially including Swim. However, the need to proclaim a “real” Shady implies there is some potential likelihood of confusion. In this article I will… (1/43000)

eminem petitions to cancel a beachwear co's registration for SWIM SHADY as a trademark for swimsuits, bags, & other swim gear based on his trademark rights in SLIM SHADY shady alleges likelihood of confusion, false association, & dilution by blurring & tarnishment

going to tell my grandkids this is what "the troubles" refers to

Professor Alexandra Roberts @lexlanham.bsky.social, faculty director of @clicatnusl.bsky.social weighs in on the legality of beauty dupes in Bloomberg's deep dive into MCo Beauty and the booming dupe economy. @bloomberglp.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

buc-ees, no a squirrel hugging two acorns surrounded by the words NUT HUGGERS as a trademark for underwear does not create a likelihood of consumer confusion with your beaver-in-a-red-hat mascot please give us a little credit www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...