Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®
As I have written so many times, what used to qualify as a “short post” back when the edgiest form of social media was blogging is now just… a tweet. And long posts? Come on,…
Free Expression
This is an important trademarks / free speech case. I got in on an edge of it!
Secondary Meaning
Published on July 6th, 2009. Just a scant day after I was using the mythical man from MI6’s movie mug to mock our former colonial overlords for their upperclass-twittery, comes the Telegraph of London to report…
Humor
Newly discovered evidence [according to a court filing] “proves conclusively that Happy Birthday has been in the public domain since no later than 1922.” At stake is the more than $5,000 per day—or $2 million…
The silly Accomplia sabre-rattling is over. Per the EFF, Sanofi-Aventis backed down: “Under terms of Tuesday’s settlement, AcompliaReport.com keeps its domain name, as long as there is a disclaimer stating that the website is not…
IP Institutions
I subbed for a more important lawyer on a panel for the American Intellectual Property Association Spring Meeting in New York today (May 7, 2010). This is an outfit I joined years ago until I…
Parody and Satire
Seems we just get started and before you know it, comes the time we have to say, “So long.”
Trademarks and trademark law
Originally posted 2016-10-20 17:38:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Brand Management and Branding
Probably isn’t good enough pic.twitter.com/9rQwe0JVMm — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) May 17, 2017 Originally posted 2017-05-18 06:36:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Roundups
Here are some topical tweets by others of likely interest to LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® readers that I’ve passed along to members of my Twitter social network in the last couple of weeks: @melaniejhoward: Ex-wife and…
Counterfeiting & Piracy
This was all over the radio today: Federal authorities arrested more than 20 people on Tuesday in what they described as a massive scheme to smuggle Chinese-manufactured counterfeit clothes and electronics into the United States….
Likelihood of Confusion
Can there be “infringement” of a trademark without confusion? As she is so apt to do, and to do so well, Pamela Chestek asks that question in this post, entitled Infringement Without Confusion?, which is about…
Free Expression
Via yesterday’s Best of the Web Today, a link to story in the online edition of the Indianapolis Star reporting that Fort Wayne Community Schools officials violated a high school student’s free-speech rights when they…
Law Practice and Profession
I (in my role as head of a small law firm) do get a lot of letters and emails of inquiry. It’s interesting to see what comes my way. I get a few very impressive…
Roundups
I didn’t “go out” for law review in law school — don’t get me started — and my career has been a pretty sordid exercise since then because of it. I’m not making that mistake again. Next…
Distribution systems
[stextbox id=”info”] See below for more information about my colleague Greg Winsky, who is just snarky enough to merit a guest post on LIKELIHOOD OF CONCLUSION on a topic I’ve been covering — and inviting guests…
