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Posted on December 7, 2023 Copyright Law

Video self-censoring services: VidAngel deleted

From Variety and really, all over your Internets: The VidAngel filtering service will remain shut down, following a ruling Thursday from a three-judge panel upholding an injunction against... Read more

Law Learnin' Wednesdays
Posted on December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

New video series: Law Learnin’ Wednesdays

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Posted on December 2, 2023 Copyright Law

Sun, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, trademark, patents, copyright and David Boies

There’s a lot going on, conceptually, in this article entitled “The $800M question: What’s the difference between trademark and copyright?” in VentureBeat: Ten years ago,... Read more

Posted on December 1, 2023 Enforcement

Steal your Face right off your head

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a blog post so well developed that I can’t rephrase it, riff on it or summarize it,... Read more

Posted on November 27, 2023 IP Institutions

I have met the bloggers, and they are us!

Nice event last night at “Meet the Bloggers VII” otherwise not in the least bit known as the “IP Law BlogFestivus.”  You may want to check... Read more

Posted on November 26, 2023 Copyright Law Free Expression

Moral rights in Massachusetts

Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law:  A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual Rights Act, which–well, Lee says... Read more

Posted on November 24, 2023 Fair Use Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Key decision

“Google makes money not by reason of the nature of the keyword, but by someone clicking on the keyword,” Google lawyer Alexandra Neri told a... Read more

From the River to the Sea trademark
Posted on November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 Use as a Trademark

Trademark: “From The River to the Sea”?

Here’s the story: No. Whatever that is, “From the River to the Sea” is not a trademark. I explained in this video: John Welch has... Read more

Posted on November 22, 2023 Copyright Law

The Google exception?

Way back when the Google Books issue first burst forth, I expressed considerable skepticism that their plan to scan the universe of books and put... Read more

Posted on November 21, 2023 False Advertising Private Labels

Scalping consumers

Private-label branding is a huge topic, and a very interesting one. I wrote a huge post about it here, focusing on Hellman’s (or, for you... Read more

Posted on November 18, 2023November 24, 2023 Privacy

Garbage in, garbage out

I moan constantly about Congress’s refusal to do its job and make policy decisions about trademark and copyright via legislation that reflect the technological and... Read more

Posted on November 14, 2023 Licensing

Revoke this, I implied. Or something.

Only a real IP lawyer like Pamela Chestek can write about revoking an implied nonexclusive copyright license. And mean it. Originally posted 2011-03-24 17:58:18. Republished... Read more

Posted on November 13, 2023 Domain Names

Yes, Virginia, domain names do matter

That’s one thing I learned at the New York Intellectual Property Law Association’s “Hot Topics in” all kinds of stuff CLE seminar last Wednesday, July... Read more

Posted on November 12, 2023 Copyright Law

Monkeys and copyright: On the issue of standing

Dennis Crouch: Patent Litigator Andy Dhuey is also representing Photographer David John Slater who has been sued by the monkey Naruto for copyright infringement. In the 9th Circuit... 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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