Ads for pirates
Imagine a world where producers and owners of TV shows, movies and the not only upload full-length copyrighted video content onto the Web in the... Read more
Author: Ron Coleman
Nolo contendere
There can’t be any dispute: This is a blog a lot of people, and especially non-specialists, should read — Nolo’s Patent, Copyright & Trademark blog... Read more
Overblogged
We wouldn’t that happening to you or to me. So this week, while I am guest-blogging at Overlawyered, I will probably not have all that... Read more
Best of 2012: Sing, sing, sing!
First published August 1, 2012. John Welch suggests the musical question, “How is Section 2(a) false association like 43(c) dilution protection?” Great question. In other... Read more
Locking it down
Every lawyer who practices in the intellectual property area is asked frequently how to go about protecting a unique or creative idea that someone fears... Read more
The “Fair Use Massacre” (updated)
First, this vintage LOC item: Fred von Lohmann of the EFF calls out YouTube: Fair use has always been at risk on YouTube, thanks to... Read more
Celebrity sin
This is good.. Thanks, Greta Lee Jackson! We all learn and grow, amirite? Turns out the celebs behind the #ITakeResponsibility video got it a bit... Read more
Grey goods for luxury come of age
One of my favorite trademark topics. It’s happening! Read more
America’s trademark litigation gravy train – the Bratz / Barbie case is back!
I can’t claim to be keeping close tabs on what’s going on in theBarbie / Bratz trademark litigation. But lookie here: A federal appeals court has... Read more
Best of 2010: Lug me tender
First published on February 24, 2010. Should a law school be tendering seven figures of money to a minor league baseball team for stadium naming... Read more
Google me this II
We blogged a week or so ago (before I got bogged down in this trial — still in progress [UPDATE]) about Google’s trademark challenges. Here’s... Read more
A Wolf by any other name
When you think of the juxtaposition of restaurants you probably can’t afford to eat in and men whose name should remind you of Mozart but... Read more
The sincerest form of flattery
Susan Scafidi seems genuinely shocked — no, I mean, genuinely! — over this comment by Ralph Lauren: When the New York Times‘ Eric Wilson listened to Oprah... Read more
Free speech? Nothing 2(c) here
In ex parte appeal to TTAB, applicant argues that Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act violates the First Amendment under Matal v. Tam https://t.co/dWF9u7k5mI #trademarks... Read more