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Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech

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IP Institutions

INTA’s magic kingdom

Ron Coleman May 27, 2016 2 Comments

Waiting in line for my choc shake . Thanks @cantabip for organizing: #INTA16 Tweetup official group photo. pic.twitter.com/IgMYNy0YGE — Kenneth L. Kunkle (@Kunkle_Law) May 23, 2016 This year’s annual meeting…

Patents

Design patents at the Supreme Court: A picture is worth…

Gregory Winsky May 20, 2016 2 Comments

D 593,087 FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS…Or maybe the three pictures on this page are worth that much? D 618,677

Technology

When Will The Law Catch Up To Self-Driving Cars? [Infographic]

Brian Wallace May 19, 2016 0 Comments

Self-driving cars seem like a good idea- you can concentrate on other things, they take human error out of the equation, and they appear to be much safer. But are…

Fair Use

Nominative fair use: The Second Circuit names names

Ron Coleman May 18, 2016 0 Comments

Nominative fair use — the “unauthorized” use of a trademark as a trademark specifically to invoke the trademark, as opposed to its “non-trademark” use to describe the alleged infringer’s goods…

Trademarks and trademark law

Bayer v. Belmora (the “FLANAX case”) – Petition for rehearing en banc

Ron Coleman May 17, 2016 0 Comments
Self-promotion

This Week in Law: “Never Mind”

Ron Coleman May 13, 2016 0 Comments

Belatedly, and inexcusably — and, yet, does stuff this sparklingly brilliant ever get stale? — here’s the video of of my first (and only) appearance on Denise Howell’s This Week…

Social Media

Rutgers, Archer and Me: Using Social Media to Power Your Business

Ron Coleman May 11, 2016 0 Comments

And I’ll be presenting! How do you like them apples! See you in sunny #Camden next Thursday, @Rutgers_Camden! https://t.co/jALesE7kn7 — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) May 10, 2016 By the time you…

Disclosure

Clothiers and disclosure

Ron Coleman May 6, 2016 0 Comments

Interesting. This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The Fashion Law: The newest group of potential outlaws in the fashion industry is not made up of tax…

Section 2(a)

Free speech about trademarks and free speech

Ron Coleman May 4, 2016 0 Comments

Speech about trademarks, trademark registrations and free speech have bubbled so verily to the top of the public imagination that it’s all over the official organ of free speech, the…

The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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