Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Are Trademarks more fun?


Maybe that question sounds a bit geeky odd? What does it matter? Well plenty! 


I realise the last time I had a good laugh with matters IP (apart from SOPA and PIPA being kicked to the proverbial curb) is when Chanel issued a 'note of information' regarding its brand.


Why does it seem that the Senior Counsel in Trade-Mark Law (Junior Counsel/Pupils/Legal Assistants are nothing but minions trust me) have more fun? 


Perhaps, their line of work being more 'hands on', 'market oriented' and having to rather than choosing to work with the marketers, fashion editors, advertisers and copy writers is actually a far walk away from the dreary dull benched courtrooms- hence more fun.  Should Patent Counsel then be viewed as Science Based Post Graduates with a thing for white lab coats and Ammeters? 


I am and have always been a copyright girl, maybe because I love the written word, the world of fiction and the literary arts; that over fancy logos and slogans any day! 


What matters though is that, through such humourous cease and desist letters and information notes from the new generation of intellectual property practitioners, the public are beginning to understand the importance of intellectual property in the practical aspects of their everyday lives. 

1 comment:

IPKenya said...

This letter is a gem!