Copyright registration: Still not everything
The DMCA is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, of course. But easy does it with the “of courses”: Even though you need a copyright registration […]
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"If I’m a new inventor, I’m going to get sued right away."
Originally posted 2005-03-29 16:23:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSurprisingly, it was Antonin the Great who said that, according to an AP Report on today’s Grokster […]
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Impaneled in Seattle
Originally posted 2017-02-16 17:14:05. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI’m here now for tomorrow’s McCarthy Institute and Microsoft Corporation Symposium, “Trademark Law and Its Challenges 2017” […]
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Judging the ABA
The ABA, like most national organizations of its kind, has evolved to serve the preferences of those at the organization’s power nodes who are at once most activist and least professional.
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Social media guidelines for lawyers from the NYSBA
You’ve heard about the new NYSBA Social Media Ethics Guidelines, right? Hear more about it at the @nyipla one-day seminar on Nov. 13th
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Designer Skin v. S&L continued: “S&L had a perfect right to sell this product”
Originally posted 2013-09-18 11:43:43. Republished by Blog Post PromoterUnfortunately for future defendants in the position of our client, Internet retailer S&L, U.S. District Judge James […]
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Head of State
Originally posted 2009-08-05 20:06:55. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSounds almost ordinary enough at first — this tweet from @EFF: Another Obama image fair use controversy: […]
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Garbagio trademarks: Top of the heap
There’s still time to register for the “Failure to Function” #trademark panel in Boston on Nov. 5th!
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Democrats seek to institute government monitoring of media
Originally posted 2014-09-16 11:24:15. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAlready giddy with the power they expect to be delivered to them today, Democrats are promising to […]
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Best of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®: Nuts to us? Or a “real” Charlie Brown Christmas? (Archive post)
Originally posted 2016-12-23 11:29:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published December 9, 2009. Now a heartwarming tradition of bloggy goodness. Instapundit links to this item […]
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Confusion ascendant
Originally posted 2015-07-25 23:11:05. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJewish tradition teaches that on Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av) five national […]
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It’s Abboud time!
Originally posted 2013-09-28 21:24:25. Republished by Blog Post PromoterA year and a half ago I reported on designer Joseph Abboud’s attempt to sell his trademark […]
Continue reading »Can you ring the unrung bell? (Updated)
Originally posted 2010-05-26 12:48:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterLIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® has recently run up against the following issue in litigation and welcomes views from […]
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Holy copyright baloney, Batman!
Originally posted 2016-02-03 16:44:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIt’s not as if I’ve got a problem with DC Comics or something, but, well, here you […]
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