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!
Trademarks and trademark law
Originally posted 2016-10-20 17:38:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Brand Management and Branding
Probably isn’t good enough pic.twitter.com/9rQwe0JVMm — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) May 17, 2017 Originally posted 2017-05-18 06:36:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Roundups
Here are some topical tweets by others of likely interest to LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® readers that I’ve passed along to members of my Twitter social network in the last couple of weeks: @melaniejhoward: Ex-wife and…
Counterfeiting & Piracy
This was all over the radio today: Federal authorities arrested more than 20 people on Tuesday in what they described as a massive scheme to smuggle Chinese-manufactured counterfeit clothes and electronics into the United States….
Likelihood of Confusion
Can there be “infringement” of a trademark without confusion? As she is so apt to do, and to do so well, Pamela Chestek asks that question in this post, entitled Infringement Without Confusion?, which is about…
Free Expression
Via yesterday’s Best of the Web Today, a link to story in the online edition of the Indianapolis Star reporting that Fort Wayne Community Schools officials violated a high school student’s free-speech rights when they…
Law Practice and Profession
I (in my role as head of a small law firm) do get a lot of letters and emails of inquiry. It’s interesting to see what comes my way. I get a few very impressive…
Roundups
I didn’t “go out” for law review in law school — don’t get me started — and my career has been a pretty sordid exercise since then because of it. I’m not making that mistake again. Next…
Distribution systems
[stextbox id=”info”] See below for more information about my colleague Greg Winsky, who is just snarky enough to merit a guest post on LIKELIHOOD OF CONCLUSION on a topic I’ve been covering — and inviting guests…
Everything else
Tonight begins Purim – the Jewish holiday that celebrates LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION! Originally posted 2016-03-24 10:38:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Copyright Law
From LinkedIn. I guess if they offer an embed code, I can, you know, embed this piece by my old friend Professor Charles Colman: Is the monkey-selfie thing relevant here? I’d think so but I’m…
Defamation
No “free speech absolutist” I, I like defamation as a cause of action when you can prove its elements, and I’m glad to see it hasn’t been completely eliminated by judges who raise the bar…
Law Practice and Profession
When Goetz Fitzpatrick‘s Scott D. Simon circulated news about a new service that manages the problem of citations to hyperlinks that may or may not exist in the future, I took notice. I’ve had my…
Enforcement
Originally posted January 12, 2011. I figured I must have written somewhere about that PTO trademark bullying thing — or if I didn’t, I am sure I linked to someone who did — well, I…