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Tag: Trade Dress

Trade Dress Rights in Musical Instruments

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Brand Management and Branding, Trademarks and trademark law

Strumming their fate

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Reversal Strummed Up in Gibson Guitars Case

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Counterfeiting & Piracy, Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2005: Reversal Strummed Up in Gibson Guitars Case

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Gibson continues its IP-based business plan

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Ron Coleman

“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 […]

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Counterfeiting & Piracy, Trademarks and trademark law

Gibson argues for brand on the merits

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Genericness and Trademarks

The Title, the Blog and the Blogger

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, a commercial litigator with a special interest in copyright and trademark law at Mandelbaum Salsburg, PC. I was also the lead lawyer for The Slants, The Band Who Must Not be Named.

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