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Rogue phOne: A Design Wars Story

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Gregory Winsky

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far  away… in a May 2016 blog post entitled “Design Patents at the Supreme Court: A Picture is Worth…” […]

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Patents

Design patents at the Supreme Court: A picture is worth…

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Gregory Winsky

D 593,087   FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS…Or maybe the three pictures on this page are worth that much?               […]

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Patents

“That must be exhausting!” (Guest post)

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Gregory Winsky

Patents ARE different from copyrights! In a case distinguishing overseas inks (that is, ink on the printed page, on the one hand, versus ink in […]

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Patents

Guest Post: Fair Use or Foul Ball?

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Gregory Winsky

  When copying 20,000,000 books without permission is not copyright infringement Jim Bouton’s last pitch to Google wasn’t Ball Four, at least according to the […]

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The Title, the Blog and the Blogger

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 legal issues related to blogging. That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

ron-coleman-lawyerAs for me, I'm Ron Coleman, a commercial litigator with a special interest in copyright and trademark law at Mandelbaum Salsburg, PC. I was also the lead lawyer for The Slants, The Band Who Must Not be Named.

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