SCOTUS: Likelihood of Confusion Bows to Fair Use
(HEADLINE UPDATED) Tilt of the chapeau to law student Joe Gratz’s blog for reporting this decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that came down a... Read more
Month: November 2014
Tens years of Overlawyering
Overlawyered turns 10. Congratulations! There was really blogging ten years ago? I didn’t miss the anniversary. I just didn’t want to be accused of cadging... Read more
Web Two Whoa
Diane Prange writes: If you’re among those who think Web 2.0 is overhyped, you’ll appreciate Jim Louderback’s snide take on the terms he heard tossed... Read more
Madden ’nuff
Here’s a guy who just may be in for some serious money! So, what magic words can resurrect a potentially multi-million-dollar copyright lawsuit from a... Read more
Wal-Mart pushed back on dubious trademark threats
MarketWatch reports this story about an opinonated gent who’s suing Wal-Mart for a declaratory judgment: Smith said he was making a point by comparing the... Read more
The ultimate license
We’ve written before about the preposterous concept of asserting that stuff you buy and put into the trunk of your car and stick in a... Read more
Eiffel Tower “copyright”: I didn’t
Demain Anne Hidalgo est sur la Tour pour goûter au vertige du vide! La tour dans ses nvx atours…. pic.twitter.com/DU39LzGThR — pierre eric spitz (@sprichtt)... Read more
We hold these truths to be self evident©
Is there a lot of talk about intellectual property in the Declaration of Independence? Not a lot. It was a not a burning issue in... Read more