The law blog Lawyerist files lawsuit against Peerviews Inc., to invalidate its trademarks “BigLaw” and “Small Law."
On February 24, Aaron Street from the Lawyerist blog received a trademark notice threat letter from trademark law firm Fish & Richardson demanding it remove its Feb. 15 blog post titled “Above The Law Goes Small Law” because the use of “Small Law” in the title of the post infringed on its client’s trademark registration in the words “SmallLaw."
The Lawyerist published the blog post with the title “Above The Law Goes Small Law” in reference to another legal blog called “Above The Law” which started covering news related to small law firms. In light of this, the Lawyerist maintains that the title was descriptive and accurate.
Definitely agree - the arguments will shape many results in the future.
Posted by: Trademark Lawyers | Monday, 24 October 2011 at 03:22 PM