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!
Brand Management and Branding
Blacks are so oppressed that every corporation must issue its own hostage video. https://t.co/gDK6Lu3K8c — Jared A. Chambers ?? (@C4CEO) June 6, 2020 Samples tweets involving the most “privileged” brands in America showing how they’re…
Rights of Publicity and Personality
Pittsburgh Trademark Lawyer Daniel Corbett brings us an NBA star’s attempt at a four-point shot: Post-relationship drama takes many forms, but federal court litigation under the Lanham Act isn’t typically one of them– unless you’re Miami…
Blogging
The Trademark Blog Is Five Years Old (hat tip to Welch)! That’s the equivalent of 84 in blog years. I would never have thought he’d last this long when I first met Marty… I was…
Truly scrumptious: Speaking again of “what’s not to love?,” check out this lede from Pamela Chestek on the topic of comestible love itself slathered with gooey IP: If you’re interested in trademark management in large…
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®
Tech Law Advisor hosts the Blawg Review this week, and being a tech guy, tries something technologically different: Welcome to Blawg Review Live – a living breathing experiment in tagging the live web and sorting…
Get the story here. Originally posted 2012-06-26 21:23:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Remember this story? Hormel has lost its attempt to regain control of its famous trademark in England, arguing — in an appropriately silly way — that it wanted to reserve rights in the mark for technical…
Everything else
Usually when we think about scams, we think about online scams and identity theft. Well, there’s now a new type of theft that focuses on homeowners and trying to steal away their home equity –…
Anonymity
Evan Brown reports: A trial court in Arizona has quashed a subpoena served on Godaddy, issued by a plaintiff in a defamation suit against an anonymous website owner. Applying the standard articulated in the Delaware…
Roundups
It fell off the back of a truck! Originally posted 2013-06-07 12:10:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Reuters reports that U.K. regulators have once again slapped the wrist of the French Connection clothing company for their jejune FCUK ad campaign (“French Connection UK,” get it?). Last February Brand Channel reported on this…
In case you get all your news here — well, more specifically, since we have dealt with this issue — the news today is that a Update settlement has been reached in the BlackBerry case….
Domain Names
The continuum of defenses to claims sounding in trademark that runs from free speech, through fair use to nominative fair use is a longtime topic of interest around here, from the beginning of this humble…
Internet Law
The Internet Cases blog comes through again, reporting on this decision, holding that the forum selection clause in AOL’s terms of service does not trump the State of Washington’s consumer fraud law. I litigated a…