The first season of TGL, an indoor golf simulator league started by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, was a raging success. During the first three months of the golf season, while the players were starting to gear up heading into The Masters in April, the hype around professional golf was at an all-time high. It has TGL to thank for that after many of the top stars on the PGA Tour were competing in prime time. Now, Woods is looking to build off of that heading into year two. Rumors have long suggested that an expansion team could be headed to TGL in 2026, and now some light has been shed on who that might be…
US authorities say Tesla’s proposed naming strategy for its autonomous EVs is too generic. The US Patent and Trademark Office has refused Tesla’s attempt to trademark the name Robotaxi for the self-driving vehicle behind its promised autonomous ride-hailing service. The EV maker owned by Elon Musk has already aborted an attempt to trademark the name Cybercab for the vehicle it revealed last October, on the basis that other companies are also pursuing similar ‘cyber’ based trademarks.
For most people, a mention of The Bahamas brings to mind sun, sand and tropical beverages. However, if you are an IP attorney, thoughts of sun, sand and cocktails may now be replaced by the Bahamian Intellectual Property Office’s (BIPO) recently enacted changes to their Trademark Act. BIPO’s changes to its IP laws were announced February 25, 2025, but were effective retroactively as of February 1st. The good news is that these changes bring Bahamian trademark law closer to those of international standards.