Confusion ascendant
Ron ColemanJewish tradition teaches that on this day on the Jewish calendar, Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av), five national calamities occurred: During the time of Moses,…
Confusion ascendant
Jewish tradition teaches that on Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av) five national calamities occurred: During the time of Moses, Jews in the desert accepted the…
Confusion ascendant
Every year I post a version of this. Hopefully, this year will be the last. Tonight is Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av). We fast from…
Confusion ascendant
Jewish tradition teaches that on Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av) five national calamities occurred: During the time of Moses, Jews in the desert accepted the…
Confusion ascendant
Jewish tradition teaches that on Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av) — which begins tonight — five national calamities occurred: During the time of Moses, Jews…
THE SLANTS trademark appeal: The other side
I posted the en banc Federal Circuit brief of Simon Tam for the Slants, and those of the amici curiae in his support shortly after they were filed. Well, of…
New brew for Starbucks and trademark?
I’ve written so much, for so long, about the branding and trademark adventures — overwhelmingly unhappy ones — of Starbucks that I’ve pretty much run out of ways of starting…
The law on initial interest confusion: Interestingly confusing
Oh joy, 9th Cir. embraces initial interest confusion again http://t.co/3Zaqg3DuQd Bad ruling over Amazon’s internal search. I’ll blog soon — Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman) July 6, 2015 Ah, my old friend…
Another bad season for the Redskins
The Eastern District of Virginia has ruled (link to opinion here) on the summary judgment motions in Pro Football v. Blackhorse in the NFL’s appeal to the District Court of…
De gustibus non est disputandum
The question, per last fall’s story, was this: Can you establish trademark rights in a flavor? The court said, unsurprisingly, “no.” As usual, I let someone better inclined to do…