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Roundups

Not safe for work

Ron Coleman Aug 30, 2010 0 Comments

Blawg Review #279 is up at Mirriam Seddiq’s Not Guilty blog. It’s not safe for work. Unless you work in a law office. Home… that’s something else.

Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Pick your poison

Ron Coleman Aug 17, 2010 4 Comments

Is it infringement or a breach of contract? Is it a license or an assignment? Well, whatever it is, it’s a little complicated, and Pamela Chestek does a good job…

Trademarks and trademark law

Not Baidu enough

Jane Coleman Aug 15, 2010 0 Comments

This is a summary and analysis of the recent (July 22, 2010) decision in Baidu, Inc. v. Register.com, 2010 WL 2900313 (S.D.N.Y), in which Judge Denny Chin refused to extend…

Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Dough, a dear

Ron Coleman Aug 11, 2010 9 Comments

The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man wreaked some havoc in his time, but who would have thought that his inspiration — the Pillsbury Doughboy — would act the part of a veritable…

Roundups

I have completely run out of “Twitter” puns

Ron Coleman Aug 10, 2010 0 Comments

But that doesn’t mean you aren’t entitled to a long-overdue of key topical tweets of the last few weeks … or so. At my age I get lazy reflective; I…

Blogging

Found blogs

Ron Coleman Aug 6, 2010 0 Comments

Bunches of new soft IP blogs have sprung up. I’ve been adding them to the Blogroll (for civilian blogs) or the Professional Courtesy roll (for wax-stained wretches) as soon as…

Fair Use Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

Sealed with a fist

Ron Coleman Aug 4, 2010 8 Comments

I kvetch a lot about the mania for dubious “IP enforcement” by government agencies such as New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, which really should both know better and which have…

Brand Management and Branding Fair Use Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

More, more, Moore!

Ron Coleman Aug 2, 2010 10 Comments

One of my favorite ever topics here on LOC has been the litigation brought by the University of Alabama against painter Daniel Moore for unauthorized artistic depiction of trademarks. As…

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 social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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