Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson
@tudorsandtms.bsky.social
Be curious, not judgmental.
Assistant Prof of Law at Willamette; Former USPTO Trademark Examiner.
Researching art law stuff, trademark law stuff, cannabis TMs. She/her. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Assistant Prof of Law at Willamette; Former USPTO Trademark Examiner.
Researching art law stuff, trademark law stuff, cannabis TMs. She/her. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
My funny, kind, wonderful grandpa died this morning.
My family was worried about how to get all the ribbons and medals right for the funeral, but when my mom pulled his uniform, she found a note from him with a diagram of exactly where each one goes (pic next in thread).
My family was worried about how to get all the ribbons and medals right for the funeral, but when my mom pulled his uniform, she found a note from him with a diagram of exactly where each one goes (pic next in thread).
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My funny, kind, wonderful grandpa died this morning.
My family was worried about how to get all the ribbons and medals right for the funeral, but when my mom pulled his uniform, she found a note from him with a diagram of exactly where each one goes (pic next in thread).
My family was worried about how to get all the ribbons and medals right for the funeral, but when my mom pulled his uniform, she found a note from him with a diagram of exactly where each one goes (pic next in thread).
Saw some distressing comments on friends' profiles this morning so felt the need to say this:
If you're mentioning 9/11 as a reason Mamdani shouldn't have been elected mayor of NYC, you're being super super racist and Islamophobic. Like. unequivocally.
If you're mentioning 9/11 as a reason Mamdani shouldn't have been elected mayor of NYC, you're being super super racist and Islamophobic. Like. unequivocally.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Saw some distressing comments on friends' profiles this morning so felt the need to say this:
If you're mentioning 9/11 as a reason Mamdani shouldn't have been elected mayor of NYC, you're being super super racist and Islamophobic. Like. unequivocally.
If you're mentioning 9/11 as a reason Mamdani shouldn't have been elected mayor of NYC, you're being super super racist and Islamophobic. Like. unequivocally.
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
Happy Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy Halloween!
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Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations
Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was years old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.
wapo.st
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
Please enjoy the beautiful display I made for the Halloween office door decoration contest at Willamette! Each candy depicts a registered trademark design (except candy corn, which isn't registered bc multiple companies make it, but people kept requesting it, so I added it with a disclaimer).
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please enjoy the beautiful display I made for the Halloween office door decoration contest at Willamette! Each candy depicts a registered trademark design (except candy corn, which isn't registered bc multiple companies make it, but people kept requesting it, so I added it with a disclaimer).
So there's a DB Cooper themed brewery not far from our house. We went there last night and it was pretty awesome.
October 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So there's a DB Cooper themed brewery not far from our house. We went there last night and it was pretty awesome.
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As a reminder, when Biden announced student loan forgiveness—based upon a statute passed by Congress which explicitly said the President could do exactly that—Douthat called it "semi-Caesarist" because it was done "without consulting Congress."
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As a reminder, when Biden announced student loan forgiveness—based upon a statute passed by Congress which explicitly said the President could do exactly that—Douthat called it "semi-Caesarist" because it was done "without consulting Congress."
These stories coming out of Chicago are breaking my heart. So many of these horrible incidents are taking place in neighborhoods and locations I loved in law school. They TEAR GASSED a group of protestors without warning. None of this is okay.
Border Patrol targeted construction/landscaping workers on the North Side — including Lincoln Park, an affluent, majority-white neighborhood.
Community members gathered after agents detained a man working on a house. Agents responded by deploying gas.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/f...
Community members gathered after agents detained a man working on a house. Agents responded by deploying gas.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/f...
Federal immigration agents tear gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side
Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, said masked immigration agents hit “every corner of the ward” he represents, one of the city’s wealthiest communities.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
These stories coming out of Chicago are breaking my heart. So many of these horrible incidents are taking place in neighborhoods and locations I loved in law school. They TEAR GASSED a group of protestors without warning. None of this is okay.
Me, driving by Skidmore Street in Portland:
"You get NO DEFERENCE. NONE!"
(I'm very fun at parties)
"You get NO DEFERENCE. NONE!"
(I'm very fun at parties)
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Me, driving by Skidmore Street in Portland:
"You get NO DEFERENCE. NONE!"
(I'm very fun at parties)
"You get NO DEFERENCE. NONE!"
(I'm very fun at parties)
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For as stupid as it is to say that a goddamn superhero movie imparted some wisdom, the line in the first Avengers movie -- "Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on" -- is something a lot of people should be internalizing at the moment.
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
For as stupid as it is to say that a goddamn superhero movie imparted some wisdom, the line in the first Avengers movie -- "Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on" -- is something a lot of people should be internalizing at the moment.
I also used this one in my class!
But the one I use to teach obviousness is US 20040180116 for a sealed crustless sandwich.
October 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I also used this one in my class!
Hah this is one of the examples I ended up using in class!
It doesn't look like the patent history is available on this one, but this is one I remembered from law school. Method of exercising a cat.
October 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hah this is one of the examples I ended up using in class!
IP Fam- if you have any good examples of patent apps/patents which were rejected/invalidated for being obvious (whether they overcame that or not), I would love to see them! I'd like to go through some with my students in class, but don't have a good collection of my own yet. Thanks in advance!
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
IP Fam- if you have any good examples of patent apps/patents which were rejected/invalidated for being obvious (whether they overcame that or not), I would love to see them! I'd like to go through some with my students in class, but don't have a good collection of my own yet. Thanks in advance!
Okay, so I googled "old technology" just to find some sort of silly stock art to illustrate one of my patent slides in the Novelty section and this is what came up.
"Ancient phones" had me CACKLING. Oh my god, it's NOT EVEN A ROTARY PHONE (which we absolutely still had and used when I was young).
"Ancient phones" had me CACKLING. Oh my god, it's NOT EVEN A ROTARY PHONE (which we absolutely still had and used when I was young).
October 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Okay, so I googled "old technology" just to find some sort of silly stock art to illustrate one of my patent slides in the Novelty section and this is what came up.
"Ancient phones" had me CACKLING. Oh my god, it's NOT EVEN A ROTARY PHONE (which we absolutely still had and used when I was young).
"Ancient phones" had me CACKLING. Oh my god, it's NOT EVEN A ROTARY PHONE (which we absolutely still had and used when I was young).
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BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.
'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes
A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.
bit.ly
October 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.
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“Deplorables” was a scandal for years and she wasn’t even in the government yet. This is the White House Press Secretary, whose salary is paid by the American public.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“Deplorables” was a scandal for years and she wasn’t even in the government yet. This is the White House Press Secretary, whose salary is paid by the American public.
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
My next attempt to add to the general collection of patent memes online:
October 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My next attempt to add to the general collection of patent memes online:
Willamette is hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor of law position; there's more info at the link!
If you are on the market, I highly recommend that you apply. I've been at Willamette a few months now and absolutely love it here.
willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Willam...
If you are on the market, I highly recommend that you apply. I've been at Willamette a few months now and absolutely love it here.
willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Willam...
Assistant Professor of Law (Tenure Track)
ABOUT WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: Willamette University, founded in 1842, is a nationally-renowned private university enrolling 2800 students across five colleges. Our historic campus, adjacent to the Oreg...
willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Willamette is hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor of law position; there's more info at the link!
If you are on the market, I highly recommend that you apply. I've been at Willamette a few months now and absolutely love it here.
willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Willam...
If you are on the market, I highly recommend that you apply. I've been at Willamette a few months now and absolutely love it here.
willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Willam...
Lol oh yikes.
I have heard around the Internet that the rights holders to the Grinch are QUITE protective so...that's my personal bet. I think they'll send a c&d first though.
I have heard around the Internet that the rights holders to the Grinch are QUITE protective so...that's my personal bet. I think they'll send a c&d first though.
Who is gonna sue first, The Dr Seuss estate, or the NFL
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Lol oh yikes.
I have heard around the Internet that the rights holders to the Grinch are QUITE protective so...that's my personal bet. I think they'll send a c&d first though.
I have heard around the Internet that the rights holders to the Grinch are QUITE protective so...that's my personal bet. I think they'll send a c&d first though.