Oprah's Trademark Woes Provide Cautionary Tale

In “Oprah's Trademark Woes Provide Cautionary Tale,” Pillsbury partner Richard Kirkpatrick and counsel Laura Gustafson discuss the Second Circuit’s decision in Kelly-Brown v. Oprah Winfrey. They examine the problem of using short phrases in connection with primary or secondary brands in advertising and caution how certain phrases could become trademark traps for the unwary, as the Oprah case highlights.