"Although Hopkins had obtained her trademark, the law
only allows trademarks in limited cases. The law prevents individual
titles from being trademarked, only series titles, and allows that
common words cannot be trademarked at all, unless they develop an
association in the minds of the public with a particular source...
In
denying Hopkins’ motion for an injunction, Judge Hellerstein found that
the injunction was unlikely to proceed on the merits, noting that
“cocky” is a common word and a weak trademark."
