What’s the (Trademark) Use? INTA 2017
This is wild. I didn’t know they did this! But they did. Look, you can watch not talking heads, but the screen (showing our PowerPoints!) […]
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Ohio State v. Redbubble – Strategy scores in overtime
So it seems that was a tactical call by the OSU team, otherwise known as the Attorney General of the State of Ohio: Let’s make the strong case for direct infringement instead of pleading a kitchen-sink complaint
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Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch
Something about a judge loves a fence, I guess–and not only fences like eBay.
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Libel in the Blogosphere: Some Preliminary Thoughts
Originally posted 2012-04-09 16:28:22. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBy Glenn Reynolds. I haven’t read it, but I will. (Or else.)
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Just what we choose it to mean
When trademark lawyers — much less judges — use a word, it means just what they choose it to mean — neither more nor less. […]
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Understanding Home Title Theft (Infographic)
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 […]
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Best of 2008: MasterCard card. Card card. Card.
Originally posted 2015-01-23 10:46:14. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted December 17th, 2008. A reader writes to New York Times Q&A guy Stuart Elliot with […]
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Hating someone doesn’t mean you can infringe her copyright
Originally posted 2012-02-23 13:50:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter And that’s why the U.S. District Court issued a restraining order in the Palin vs. Gawker […]
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The superheroes of trademarks
Originally posted 2013-04-15 14:30:55. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWhat could be more superheroic, after all, than splitting one trademark into two sources of origin? Maybe […]
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Trademark phrase
Originally posted 2013-11-03 23:05:03. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHere’s an interesting newspaper article demonstrating how fed up people are getting with the claiming of trademark […]
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Carson Griffith’s defamation lawsuit gets out of the gate
Forcing an unemployed private individual to spend money on a meritless motion after getting her fired for no reason is peak Daily Beast
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But it is the Dark Side? Or just plain old The Force?
Originally posted 2014-06-17 16:41:06. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEvan Brown: “Behold the power of in rem actions“: In rem actions over domain names are powerful […]
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Best of 2010: An opinion to Di for
Originally posted 2012-10-23 21:13:18. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on May 5, 2010. I do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there […]
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Exclusively ours
The issue of resales or other “unauthorized distribution” is one that I have been writing about forever here. Julie Zerbo takes us into the future […]
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