Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
Remember the SLANTS trademark appeal to the TTAB? Here’s the decision (below). For the TTAB, there’s only one answer to the “disparaging” question — well, actually, that’s not true I…
Over the weekend, all the nerdiest news outlets reported that Volpin Props‘ company that makes props and replicas “mostly videogame related,” according to the outfit’s Facebook page — “but anything…
I asked the following question more than a little while back in connection with the Kinderstart lawsuit against Google, which asserted a supposed right to a certain “objective” Google ranking…
I was quoted at length by my friend and client Bill Jacobson at Legal Insurrection about this. So there’s not so much more else to know. But of course, there…
.@likely2confuse, please rant for me, you do it better: Texas Guards Its Slogans http://t.co/W6Eq0xAFLq via @TrademarkBlog — Pamela Chestek (@pchestek) September 14, 2013 From time to time leading citizens and…
Congratulations to Richard K. Kirkpatrick of Pilsbury Winthrop, who has — through the Practising Law Institute — has come out with the second edition of Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark…
If you want to read an article about an important development in copyright news, but you don’t want to be distracted by a lot of “facts” and such, enjoy this…
The big story today, as One World Trade Center nears completion, is about “rights” to the World Trade Center name, according to the Bergen County, New Jersey Record: For more…
I can’t blog about everything I ought to blog about, but I try to keep people who follow LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® via @likely2confuse — or, if you must, the somewhat…
I, Matthew David Brozik, your dedicated lieutenant blawger, have written a novel. Actually, I’ve written three. And, also, this one—Taking Ivy Seriously—is really a novella, as it weighs in at…
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