Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®
As I have written so many times, what used to qualify as a “short post” back when the edgiest form of social media was blogging is now just… a tweet. And long posts? Come on,…
Free Expression
This is an important trademarks / free speech case. I got in on an edge of it!
Reuters reports that Tiffany’s gamble has not paid off: EBay Inc scored a major legal victory on Monday, when a federal judge ruled that Tiffany & Co failed to prove the online auctioneer was responsible…
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION is a “finalist” in the Law Blogs category! Go figure! It says we get “badges.” I didn’t think I needed no stinkin’ badge, but if I think of it as a medal…
Another red hot AP story: The Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that Time magazine’s Matthew Cooper and The New York Times’ Judith Miller have to testify before a federal grand…
Genericness and Trademarks
[stextbox id=”info” caption=”Joel MacMull of Mandelbaum Salsburg” image=”https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/Joel-MacMull-e1575392890760.png”]My partner Joel MacMull and I have spent a lot of time thinking, speaking about and litigating the issue of genericness. Here’s his short take on the upcoming…
Humor
“Judge Roberts, I remember Sputnik. I knew Sputnik. Sputnik was a friend of mine. Judge Roberts, the respondent’s system is no Sputnik.”
Boing Boing: “Copyright infringement is your best entertainment value.” I can think of others, frankly, but fine. As long as we’re calling a spade a spade! Originally posted 2012-10-18 10:28:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Copyright Law
Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual Rights Act, which–well, Lee says it very well himself, actually: Mass MoCA is the Massachusetts…
Distribution systems
The issue of resales or other “unauthorized distribution” is one that I have been writing about forever here. Julie Zerbo takes us into the future with her continuing coverage of how this dispute is playing…
Section 2(a)
I was going to do a post collecting all the briefs filed in the United States Supreme Court in Lee v. Tam (“THE SLANTS”), but thanks to a nice blog post about the case by…
Buildings and IP
“Best of” posts will continue until next week. This was originally posted on September 9, 2013. The big story today, as One World Trade Center nears completion, is about “rights” to the World Trade Center…
Law Practice and Profession
View Post WSJ.com’s Law Blog reports about the seven-figure effect in the Central District of California for a one-minute-late filing: A judgment in favor of [Morrison & Foster’s] client was entered on Sept. 26, giving…
(UPDATED, revised). That’s what Bob Cox is reporting in this story in the Examiner; more here. Google said it would not run anti-MoveOn ads because they supposedly violated its trademark policy prohibiting the use of…
IP Institutions
The International Trademark Association, or INTA (which calls itself “the I-N-T-A” on INTA TV… interesting branding choice there) is important. Most of the people and institutions involved in brands and brand protection are members or…
Defamation
Evan Brown sums up the legal issues as this case lights up the blogosphere, and then some. UPDATE: And then some more. UPDATE: It’s all over. Originally posted 2006-05-05 17:46:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
