A Copyright Primer For every artist: everything you need to know about copyright law in plain easy to understand language.

Chilling Effects This site has some of the best background information I've run across. It was suggested by someone trying to help us with our situation. Make sure your read the FAQs section regarding Trademarks. It's well written and should help clear up the questions many of us have about our case.

Trademark Abuse This site has some broad information, but it's really focuses on the famous battle over the word "entrepreneur" and Entrepreneur Magazine. Also some coverage on another aggressive company, Monster Cable who seem to think they own "monster" when the word is attached to anything.

Brand Name Bullies More and more, "content owners" are asserting property rights in every conceivable creation — not just visual images and musical riffs, but words, letters, facts and even smells. While these episodes may be absurdly funny, they are also grim omens for the future of creativity and free expression. Brand Name Bullies probes the complexities of this terrain with wit, passion and fresh insight.

You May Be Next This website appears to be down right now, but I was able to dig it up on the web archive. As you can image this trolling for a lawsuit kind of thing we're in the middle of has happened before. And people have fought it, and have one. There could be a few lessons here worth looking at.

Public Knowledge Public Knowledge is a public interest group of lawyers, technologists, lobbyists, academics, volunteers and activists dedicated to fortifying and defending a vibrant information commons. Their focus is intellectual property. On February 16 a very scary change to the IP laws comes before the Senate Judiciary committee. This is definitely a big deal. Here's a link to some discussions about that bill at MeFi. Anyone that creates IP should read this!

Trademark Dilution Act Serious changes may be coming to our trademark laws. Read what the Electronic Frontier Foundation has to say about the radical changes being proposed by congress.

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Registration Number
2118843
Registration Date
December 9, 1997
Owner
(REGISTRANT) Westbrook, Carolyn INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES P.O. BOX 69 Chatfield TEXAS 75105
Trademark Office
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Registration Number
2855632
Registration Date
June 22, 2004
Owner
(REGISTRANT) Mercantile Resources Limited CORPORATION IRELAND 41 Central Chambers Dame Court Dublin IRELAND 2
Attorney of Record
Alexander E. Barthet
Prior Registrations
2118843
Trademark Office
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Application Number
76/551684
Owner
(APPLICANT) Mercantile Resources Limited CORPORATION IRELAND 41 Central Chambers Dame Court Dublin IRELAND
Attorney of Record
Alexander E. Barthet
Prior Registrations
2118843;2855632
Description of Mark
"The mark consists of the stylized words SWEET PEA followed by a green dot. The designated color is a feature of the mark."
Trademark Office
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