Schaden-Fraud?
Ron ColemanJohn Welch has once again updated his Fraud-O-Meter! Behind this clever Infographic-type thingy is a report of a meaningful legal development concerning the concept of fraud on the PTO. As…
Dressing up IP
Word is that on October 11, 2012, the Beverly Hills Bar Association is presenting a panel called “Dressing Up IP: Copyright, Trademark, and Licensing Issues in the Fashion Industry.” The…
Sole survivor
I have been remiss — among many other things I have been — for not reporting on the result in the Louboutin vs. YSL “red sole” appeal in the Second…
Confusion Dispelled
Originally posted in September 2005. Minor edits made in September 2012. In the spring of 2005, I got a comment on the blog from a gentleman named Bunker Mulligan. I…
Confusion Dispelled
Originally posted in September 2005. Minor editing made in September 2012. In the spring of 2005, I got a comment on the blog from a gentleman named Bunker Mulligan. I…
Fall a-twitter
It’s time, with the crisp all in the air, to take a look back at the endless summer that wasn’t (wasn’t so endless) — topical tweets via @roncoleman: Web investigations…
Little claims, big idea?
A major theme around here is the proposition that copyright law encourages litigation of even the most tenuous plaintiffs’ claims, mainly because of the rules regarding fee-shifting for “prevailing” parties.…
Waiting for the Internet guy?
Is the Internet the same thing as cable TV? In case that was a serious question in your mind, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals answered it last week: In…