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Posted on March 21, 2023 Blogging

Marty Schwimmer, old man of IP blogs, still alive

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... Read more

Posted on March 18, 2023 Trademarks and trademark law

March Madness

Get the story here. Originally posted 2012-06-26 21:23:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on February 26, 2023 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Call the IP Posse!

I’m just back from 10 days R&R in Egypt, and while I plow through all that piled up while gone, ponder this one: Outside the... Read more

Posted on February 25, 2023 Internet Law

Virtual seizures

Andrew Cory tipped me off to this article in the Law of the Game blog involving a judicial “seizure” of gaming-world “assets.” Talking to Andrew... Read more

Posted on February 24, 2023 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Last word on Google / MoveOn… for now

Robert Cox: Here’s how Google should change its ad-censoring policy. Looks reasonable to me. Learned commentary is invited. UPDATE:  The story, really, is bigger than... Read more

Posted on February 19, 2023 Free Expression

“All Criticism of This Website Is Hereby Forbidden”

Chutzpa!     Originally posted 2014-04-24 11:15:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on February 10, 2023February 20, 2023 Copyright Law

Ben Stein trips over IP

Walter Olson: Ouch.  Ben is an odd guy. UPDATED:  But evidently he — or, more likely, his “people” — is not such the slouch in... Read more

Posted on February 8, 2023February 20, 2023 Advertisement

Mug the Judge

I would never suggest such a thing on the record, of course, but it is a Sunday and that is the name of the newest... Read more

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Posted on January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Ouch!

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... Read more

Posted on January 22, 2023 Defamation

Libel lives; ethics, too

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... Read more

Posted on January 15, 2023 Rights of Publicity and Personality

Trademark rights in interdigitization

Nick Daly drops me a note to the effect that one Jay-Z, gazillionaire rhyming scatologist, has been sued by a professional perspirer and leaping stage... Read more

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Posted on January 3, 2023January 29, 2023 Everything else

Likelihood of extrusion

Reprinting my annual Passover post, adjusted for days of the week as they come out this year: I’ve been hit by pre-Passover preparations, plus the... Read more

Posted on December 29, 2022 IP Overreaching

IP creep by the IP creeps

The record industry moves in yet another way toward getting the law to treat your music purchase as a music license (via BoingBoing), writes Ken... Read more

Posted on December 24, 2022 Stealing the Language

Not Safe For Witlessness

Techcrunch: I’d think this was a joke, except for the USPTO entry. Fark has lodged a trademark application for the term “Not Safe For Work.”... Read more

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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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