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Damages

Copyright injunctions – plus ça change

Ron Coleman Nov 28, 2011 9 Comments

Last summer I mentioned the new law in the Ninth Circuit — or, as I insisted, the clarification of the existing law — to the effect that a copyright plaintiff…

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Thanks to nothing? (Archive post)

Ron Coleman Nov 24, 2011 0 Comments

Originally published at Dean’s World, Thanksgiving 2006: A million essays and blog posts will explore the topic of “being thankful” in the next 24 hours. I’d say, based on a…

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Thanks to nothing?

Ron Coleman Nov 24, 2011 0 Comments

Originally published at Dean’s World, Thanksgiving 2006: A million essays and blog posts will explore the topic of “being thankful” in the next 24 hours. I’d say, based on a…

Enforcement

IP rights in China: Still inscrutable

Ron Coleman Nov 22, 2011 4 Comments

Michael Atkins has some highlights from a presentation given last week on enforcing intellectual property rights in China by Professor Zhang Guangliang at the King County (Washington) Bar Association over…

Law Practice and Profession

Email this!

Ron Coleman Nov 16, 2011 1 Comments

I don’t know which is the more important block quote of the two in this post by Pamela Chestek, the one I am about to excerpt below — which happens…

Fashion Law

Don’t mess with Louis

Ron Coleman Nov 13, 2011 2 Comments

Mohammed Sharif, with his inimitable excitement about the whole thing, posts on his Fame Appeal blog about — An evening at Louis Vuitton headquarters in NYC, Michael Pantalony Esq., protector…

Culture Clash

Occupying trademark

Ron Coleman Nov 8, 2011 6 Comments

So eventually all the “big trademark stories” catch up to you, even if you try to avoid them as you would try to avoid … certain assemblies of people in…

Fashion Law

The sincerest form of flattery

Ron Coleman Nov 8, 2011 4 Comments

Susan Scafidi seems genuinely shocked — no, I mean, genuinely! — over this comment by Ralph Lauren: When the New York Times‘ Eric Wilson listened to Oprah Winfrey and Ralph…

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What “Beating Righthaven” means

Ron Coleman Nov 3, 2011 27 Comments

Instapundit links to Donald Douglas’s blog post, Beating Righthaven. Excerpt: Righthaven files “no warning” lawsuits. That is, it gives no advance notification to defendants, which violates the norm of providing…

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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