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Tag: Trade Dress

July 27, 2016 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Trade Dress Rights in Musical Instruments

Originally posted 2012-11-20 19:02:14. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJohn Welch’s TTAB Blog — which monitors developments at the Trademark Trials and Appeals Board — picks... Read more

April 25, 2016 Trademarks and trademark law

Strumming their fate

Originally posted 2006-06-06 20:39:18. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWe blogged a while ago about the Les Paul guitar lawsuit, based on the idea that the... Read more

November 10, 2015 Counterfeiting & Piracy Trademarks and trademark law

Reversal Strummed Up in Gibson Guitars Case

Originally posted 2011-12-23 11:45:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe AP reports: NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nashville-based Gibson Guitar Corporation has lost a legal battle. A federal appeals... Read more

January 16, 2015 Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2005: Reversal Strummed Up in Gibson Guitars Case

The AP reports: NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nashville-based Gibson Guitar Corporation has lost a legal battle. A federal appeals court has ruled that a competitor‘s copy of... Read more

April 15, 2013 Counterfeiting & Piracy Trademarks and trademark law

Gibson continues its IP-based business plan

“You’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to law!” Well, that’s what the song always sounded like to  me.  When you’re a hammer… (and... Read more

October 5, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

Gibson argues for brand on the merits

Since the beginning I’ve been blogging about the attempts by Gibson and Fender, the makers of fine guitars, to avoid copycat competition via the trademark... Read more

March 24, 2009 Genericness and Trademarks

Comments from another blog; or, Did I get chocolate in Marty’s peanut butter?

Via Marty Schwimmer’s Trademark Blog: Marty, you got peanut butter in my chocolate! You’re considering the respective design and layout choices in isolation, seriatim, rather... Read more

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet) and legal issues related to blogging. That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

ron-coleman-lawyerAs for me, I'm Ron Coleman, an AV-rated partner at Archer - Attorneys at Law,* a firm of about 180 attorneys with offices in NJ, NY, PA and DE (but active nationwide). I've been called an "IP maven"** but I'm really a commercial litigator with a special interest in copyright and trademark law.

I'm also, lately, the lawyer for The Slants.

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