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Naked Cowboy Sues for Trademark Infringement

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | February 20, 2008 - 11:53

Times Square street musician the Naked Cowboy sued M&M Mars Inc. for trademark infringement (Lanham Act). The suit is based on a commercial where a blue M&M is dressed in briefs, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat, and is playing a guitar in Times Square. Dan Slater,Naked Cowboy's Lawsuit Drives M&M Outta Dodge The Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Feb. 15, 2008. Justia Dockets provides free basic information on the case, as well as a link to the PACER federal court docket. A Boolean search of the trademark registration database, TESS , for owner name = "Burck, Robert John" yields two registered trademarks.

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