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!
Blawg Review #124 for Labor Day is an all-labor law a regular fun issue — at George’s Employment Law Blog, naturally! Originally posted 2011-10-24 22:45:06. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Law Practice and Profession
It’s been an open question for a while whether there’s much value in law reviews any more as sources of leading-edge, original or any other kind of legal thinking. Self-publishing, i.e., the Internet, is wounding…
Section 2(a)
Originally posted 2016-06-20 13:12:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Domain Names
LoC got wind—and then a copy—of this letter, dated as of the date of this post, to ICANN in support of the creation of a new top-level domain. Further updates as events warrant. An excerpt:…
Counterfeit Chic reports on yet another indignity visited on the famous girl singer who is presently popular culture’s most pathetic public death spiral: a European sanction for generating and displaying a counterfeit Vuitton car in…
“Cyberproperty”? A dubious concept, the dubiousness now analyzed and developed theoretically in this article by Michael Carrier and Greg Lastowka, via Marty Schwimmer. Originally posted 2008-04-21 23:30:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Fashion Law
Originally posted on July 11, 2006. This is an important decision: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has partially reversed the earlier ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York…
Reuters reports that Tiffany’s gamble has not paid off: EBay Inc scored a major legal victory on Monday, when a federal judge ruled that Tiffany & Co failed to prove the online auctioneer was responsible…
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION is a “finalist” in the Law Blogs category! Go figure! It says we get “badges.” I didn’t think I needed no stinkin’ badge, but if I think of it as a medal…
Another red hot AP story: The Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that Time magazine’s Matthew Cooper and The New York Times’ Judith Miller have to testify before a federal grand…
Genericness and Trademarks
[stextbox id=”info” caption=”Joel MacMull of Mandelbaum Salsburg” image=”https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/Joel-MacMull-e1575392890760.png”]My partner Joel MacMull and I have spent a lot of time thinking, speaking about and litigating the issue of genericness. Here’s his short take on the upcoming…
Humor
“Judge Roberts, I remember Sputnik. I knew Sputnik. Sputnik was a friend of mine. Judge Roberts, the respondent’s system is no Sputnik.”
Boing Boing: “Copyright infringement is your best entertainment value.” I can think of others, frankly, but fine. As long as we’re calling a spade a spade! Originally posted 2012-10-18 10:28:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Copyright Law
Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual Rights Act, which–well, Lee says it very well himself, actually: Mass MoCA is the Massachusetts…