Condiment War is a draw (so far) The makers of two ketchup-based condiment mash-ups have been duking it out in a trademark infringement lawsuit. Dennis Perry, an entrepreneurial fellow from [...]

Arkansas expands its “Arkansas Grown” agricultural branding program The Arkansas Department of Agriculture recently announced an expansion of the Arkansas Grown branding program with [...]

Is Our Seafood a Certifiable Mess? The new Netflix documentary, Seaspiracy, has at least one trademark owner scrambling for cover. The scandal-style movie sets out to expose the global fishing [...]

Don’t let the Madness infect your marketing With the NCAA basketball tournament in full swing, many marketers see an opportunity to use some of the most popular phrases and buzzwords [...]

Decision 2018 – Dicamba opposition ballots thrown out DTN recently reported that EPA’s decision to renew dicamba registrations in 2018 was tainted by political influence according to [...]

Trademark Bullies Bullies show up everywhere, including the halls of justice. Some brand owners – especially big ones – engage in “trademark bullying” by making overly [...]

The newly-created Copyright Small Claims Court The internet is really efficient at enabling copyright infringement. Images, text, and videos can easily be copied, downloaded and used by would-be [...]

Herbicide-resistant weeds keep assaulting the Farm Glufosinate-resistant pigweed was confirmed in Northeast Arkansas earlier this month, adding an additional burden to growers that use a tight [...]

Corn designed for ethanol results in fewer cow farts Corn hybrids that were originally developed for ethanol production were discovered to be more efficient in beef production, a significant [...]

Remediation under the Final Rule for Hemp Production Over the last few weeks we’ve been focusing on items of interest in USDA’s Final Rule for domestic hemp production. This week we [...]