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Author: Jane Coleman

Secondary Trademark Infringement Book

Secondary trademark liability and false advertising

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Jane Coleman

Originally posted 2016-12-27 10:32:43. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThis year’s supplement features the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Duty Free Americas, Inc. v. Estee Lauder Cos. […]

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Secondary Liability
Secondary Trademark Infringement Book

A Man, a Plan, a Telemarketing Scam

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Jane Coleman

Dish Network v. Siddiqi: A Rare Case of Vicarious Trademark Infringement Vicarious trademark infringement cases such as the recently decided Dish Network v. Siddiqi are much less […]

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Secondary Liability
Baidu v. Register.com

Not Baidu enough

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Jane Coleman

Originally posted 2010-08-15 13:47:22. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBaidu is another case in which the court declined to extend anything like a strict-liability standard for […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Secondary trademark liability: Third party counterfeiting as proof of knowledge?

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Jane Coleman

QUERY:  Are sales of counterfeit products other than those of the plaintiff valid proof of a defendant’s “knowledge” in a contributory trademark infringement case? That […]

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Secondary Liability

Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Jane Coleman

Originally posted 2010-07-12 08:05:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The essential role played by credit card companies in online trademark infringement was recognized in Gucci […]

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Secondary Liability

Locution, Locution, Locution: IP Licensors – Service Suppliers or Product Providers?

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Jane Coleman

Consider the following scenario: Company A is a well-known film producer that licenses its intellectual property rights in famous cartoon characters to Company B, a […]

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Licensing

Best of 2010: Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Jane Coleman

First posted July 12, 2010. The essential role played by credit card companies in online trademark infringement was recognized in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline […]

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Counterfeiting & Piracy, Fashion Law, Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Secondary Trademark Infringement treatise updated for 2010-11

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Jane Coleman

From the Overview to the update of Secondary Trademark Infringement by Jane Coleman, which is now complete: Of all the contexts in which secondary liability has […]

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Trademarks and trademark law
The Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone v. Google: Lost in translation

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Jane Coleman

When courts consider search engine company liability for trademark infringement, whether direct or indirect, they typically focus on the sale of “trademarked” keywords, or search […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Transamerica v. Moniker Online: When domain registrars go bad

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Jane Coleman

Domain name registrars have not typically been held contributorily liable for trademark infringement committed by their registrants. See Lockheed Martin; Size, Inc.; Academy of Motion […]

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Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Commercial, Trademark and Free Speech Litigation

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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 and a partner in the Dhillon Law Group with a special interest in copyright and trademark law and free speech. I was also the lead lawyer for The Slants, The Band Who Must Not be Named.

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