Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
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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!
Counterfeiting & Piracy
It hurts when the fake Chinese electronics sell better than the originals. No, I mean sometimes it really hurts. Originally posted 2011-11-28 14:33:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
J. Craig Williams reminds us: Blowing up a cop is still illegal, and styling yourself a “vlogger” doesn’t mean you don’t have to cough up pictures you took of some thug doing it (UPDATED AND…
Fee Shifting
The New York Law Journal reports that my old friend Southern District Judge Denise Cote has turned down Fox Entertainment Group’s attempt to recoup almost $280,000 in attorney’s fees (pursuant to the copyright statute) it…
Keyword Advertising
Google and Geico have settled. Originally posted 2014-03-14 10:41:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Brand Management and Branding
Blacks are so oppressed that every corporation must issue its own hostage video. https://t.co/gDK6Lu3K8c — Jared A. Chambers ?? (@C4CEO) June 6, 2020 Samples tweets involving the most “privileged” brands in America showing how they’re…
Rights of Publicity and Personality
Pittsburgh Trademark Lawyer Daniel Corbett brings us an NBA star’s attempt at a four-point shot: Post-relationship drama takes many forms, but federal court litigation under the Lanham Act isn’t typically one of them– unless you’re Miami…
Blogging
The Trademark Blog Is Five Years Old (hat tip to Welch)! That’s the equivalent of 84 in blog years. I would never have thought he’d last this long when I first met Marty… I was…
Truly scrumptious: Speaking again of “what’s not to love?,” check out this lede from Pamela Chestek on the topic of comestible love itself slathered with gooey IP: If you’re interested in trademark management in large…
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Tech Law Advisor hosts the Blawg Review this week, and being a tech guy, tries something technologically different: Welcome to Blawg Review Live – a living breathing experiment in tagging the live web and sorting…
Get the story here. Originally posted 2012-06-26 21:23:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Remember this story? Hormel has lost its attempt to regain control of its famous trademark in England, arguing — in an appropriately silly way — that it wanted to reserve rights in the mark for technical…
Everything else
Usually when we think about scams, we think about online scams and identity theft. Well, there’s now a new type of theft that focuses on homeowners and trying to steal away their home equity –…
Anonymity
Evan Brown reports: A trial court in Arizona has quashed a subpoena served on Godaddy, issued by a plaintiff in a defamation suit against an anonymous website owner. Applying the standard articulated in the Delaware…