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Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech

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Free Expression

A world of difference

Ron Coleman Sep 25, 2020 0 Comments

Thread. you grow by knowing decent, intelligent people who don’t see the world your way. https://t.co/DUoG0PVz96 — Bruce Godfrey (@BruceGodfrey) September 25, 2020

Free Expression

NYC BLM Mural lawsuit: More!

Ron Coleman Sep 21, 2020 0 Comments

Here’s an interesting development that has some relevance to the Women for America First v. De Blasio complaint — that is, the NYC BLM street mural lawsuit (blogged here). The…

Everything else

My September 11th

Ron Coleman Sep 10, 2020 0 Comments

This five-post article was originally posted on Dean’s World. I work in New York City. That morning I was late on the way into the office. I had to stop…

Brand Management and Branding

BLM: Broke, bespoke or woke?

Ron Coleman Sep 9, 2020 0 Comments

BLM is a thing! So count on corporate America never to let a good – or a terrible – thing go to waste. They call it crisis marketing. Corporate Voices…

Brand Management and Branding

Labor Day Special: Nailing the arm and hammer trademark

Ron Coleman Sep 6, 2020 0 Comments

Nothing worse for diluting baking soda — or a baking soda brand — than a gazillionaire commie plowing the waters with your logo on his yacht, you’d think.

Social Media

My Periscope with Adam Townsend

Ron Coleman Sep 2, 2020 0 Comments

?LIVE: Discussing social media, the suppression of dissent and legal asymmetrical warfare with lawyer @RonColeman Please join us now and please ask questions ? https://t.co/wmGADwGT31 — Adam Townsend (@adamscrabble) September…

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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