Wednesday, April 23, 2003

The Wine Known As Two Buck Chuck An attentive reader, inspired by the Spaldeen piece below on protectable rights in a public's nickname for a product, forwards this pertinent story from winebusiness.com. A $1.99 wine by Bronco Wine named Charles Shaw is popularly known as TWO BUCK CHUCK. A third-party has now come out with its own TWO BUCK CHUCK wine. Now all Blog readers will know what law governs rights created by nicknames (should it come to that), Ironic tidbit: Speaking of nicknames adopted as trademarks, the attentive reader works at MOFO. [The Trademark Blog] A favorite among my family and friends hits the blogosphere in a weird way... :-) 12:14:29 PM

The Audi-Oh Nick's always on us to post more salacious gadgets; fortunately BoingBoing's saved us the trouble (at least for today) by finding the Audi-Oh, a pager-sized "digital music sex toy" that all but guarantees a good time when you go out to a club. From the Audi-Oh FAQ: Simply put, Audi-Oh listens to what you are listening to and vibrates along with the sound. You can also input sound directly from a device like a CD player and get the same results. Sound = Vibration. Music = Fun! How long until the people from Audi send them a cease-and-desist for trademark dilution? Read [Gizmodo] I can see this being HUGE in the rave scene... :-) 12:08:22 PM