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		<title>Yours truly named to the 2012 Florida Rising Stars list</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was an unexpected honor: Kevin W. Wimberly has been named to the Florida Rising Stars list as one of the top up-and-coming attorneys in Florida for 2012.  Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor.  The selection for this respected list is made by the research [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=464&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fuk Who? Fuku.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Immoral, deceptive, or scandalous&#8221; trademarks are not eligible for registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  See 15 U.S.C. 1052 (Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act).  Similarly, Florida law bars registration of &#8220;immoral, deceptive, or scandalous&#8221; marks.  See Fla. Stat. 495.021(a).  Such refusals are not that uncommon.  In fact, a colleague and former [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=460&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Politicians and IP &#8211; Still Don&#8217;t Mix</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every election cycle some band gets mad that a politician with unwelcome views has used the band&#8217;s song during campaign events.  I even blogged about one such instance HERE. Today&#8217;s story is even better.  The Republican Party of Florida (&#8220;RPOF&#8221;) apparently wanted a favorable front-page headline to promote Governor Scott.  RPOF either couldn&#8217;t find one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=456&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trayvon Martin &#8211; Trademark update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of my post regarding the trademark registration applications that Trayvon&#8217;s mother filed, I stated that I had &#8220;not seen any statements regarding the intent behind these trademark applications.&#8221; Today, I found a report from Radar Online that the intent behind the applications was in fact to prevent others from profiting.  The quote, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=449&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Names of the Deceased as Trademarks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Central Florida has been in the national news for more than Mickey Mouse and Dwight Howard recently.  The Casey Anthony trial riveted the nation and brought scores of news crews to Orlando.  From Nancy Grace to Geraldo Rivera, there was no escaping the “tot mom” and her “Bella Vita” tattoo.  Tragically, Central Florida was in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=438&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s déjà vu all over again</title>
		<link>http://floridaiptrends.com/2012/03/18/its-deja-vu-all-over-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trade dress cases are fun.  Trade dress typically refers to the visual appearance of something &#8211; such as a product&#8217;s packaging or the design of the product.  The shape of a Coca-Cola bottle is an example of trade dress.  When you see that distinctive bottle shape, you immediately think of the source, Coca-Cola. One of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=368&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Apps &#8211; Legal Issues Constantly Changing</title>
		<link>http://floridaiptrends.com/2012/03/09/mobile-apps-legal-issues-constantly-changing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile Apps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently gave a presentation on some of the legal issues concerning developing mobile apps and making them available in the various app marketplaces (iTunes App Store, etc).  I will post a version of the presentation soon. However, in the couple of months that have passed since I created the presentation, much has changed. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=364&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Bar 3rd Annual IP Symposium</title>
		<link>http://floridaiptrends.com/2012/03/02/florida-bar-3rd-annual-ip-symposium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging from my iPad at the 3rd Annual IP Law Symposium in Orlando. WordPress.com doesn&#8217;t have a liveblogging feature, so please refresh this post often to get the updates. Lots of familiar faces from my old firm and from colleagues past and present. Scott Bain of the SIIA gave an interesting overview of the first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=337&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Still Breathing</title>
		<link>http://floridaiptrends.com/2012/02/29/still-breathing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve focused a lot of my writing in other areas/forums lately, but Florida IP Trends is still breathing, and posts are forthcoming. I&#8217;m also considering expanding the scope of the blog to include some of my other major practice areas, such as mobile apps, gaming, online intermediaries, and First Amendment issues.  To that end, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=334&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Nanolaw&#8221; &#8211; a scary vision of the future</title>
		<link>http://floridaiptrends.com/2011/05/31/nanolaw-a-scary-vision-of-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 21:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Wimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m breaking the &#8220;Florida&#8221; part of Florida IP Trends to post a link to this article.  Will the mass-Doe infringement suits be the genesis of this vision of society? http://www.ftrain.com/nanolaw.html A sample paragraph: We had gone to a baseball game at the beginning of the season. They had played a song on the public address [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=floridaiptrends.com&#038;blog=711062&#038;post=330&#038;subd=kwimberly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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