When you say BUD®
Ron ColemanDisputes involving the great BUDWEISER trademark are even older than LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® — the blog, not the secondary meaning thing. You know that because even in 2006 I wrote…
Where Were You When “Happy Birthday to You” Was Found to Be in the Public Domain?
Matthew David BrozikNewly discovered evidence “proves conclusively that Happy Birthday has been in the public domain since no later than 1922.” At stake is the more than $5,000 per day—or $2 million…
Contributory trademark infringement liability: Give it to me short
Last week LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® featured a guest post by Jane Coleman by way of the upcoming update to her book, Secondary Trademark Infringement. It addressed the question of how…
Reply brief on en banc hearing in the Federal Circuit for The Slants
Previous related documents: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sua sponte order to vacate The Slants en banc Appellate Brief Briefs of the PTO and Amici in Opposition to…
Locution, Locution, Locution: IP Licensors – Service Suppliers or Product Providers?
Jane ColemanConsider the following scenario: Company A is a well-known film producer that licenses its intellectual property rights in famous cartoon characters to Company B, a jewelry manufacturer. Company B in…