Happy Purim!
Tonight begins Purim – the Jewish holiday that celebrates LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION! Originally posted 2016-03-24 10:38:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Author: Ron Coleman
Charles Colman: Copyright and AI
From LinkedIn. I guess if they offer an embed code, I can, you know, embed this piece by my old friend Professor Charles Colman: Is... Read more
Best of 2011: The entrepreneurship of trademark bullying
Originally posted January 12, 2011. I figured I must have written somewhere about that PTO trademark bullying thing — or if I didn’t, I am... Read more
Meet the Bloggers XIV – INTA Seattle
Going to INTA in Seattle this year? I am! If you still want to go, however, you will not want to miss Meet the Bloggers... Read more
Keeping it real: Bye-bye, Banksy
Trademarks are an open book — even for Banksy. One of the signal features of the United States trademark registration system is its openness. As... Read more
Vo-do-de-o
The Trademark Blog reports on the dispute between ICED VOVO v ICED DOUGH VO. The song is here. Just try to stay in your seat!... Read more
The big crunch
It’s another big moment in blogger “transparency” upon us now. The general rule is that the person who hasn’t “disclosed” enough to meet some... Read more
Mix ‘n’ match
The thing about lawyer jokes — besides the fact that they’re never funny when you all of a sudden have to call one of us... Read more
“Dear Licensor”
Talk about “Dear John” letters! In the June issue of Royaltie$ magazine, Oliver Herzfeld (of Beanstalk) and Richard Bergovoy (of the Licensing Law Blog) sure... Read more
Avast ye social networker file-sharers!
The Sweden Pirate Bay trial is long over, and the verdict is due in a couple of weeks verdict is long in — if that “really... Read more
Indian givers (part 3)
Part one and part two of this three-part post were published earlier this week. When the PTO’s decision revoking the REDSKINS registrations was affirmed by... Read more
Best of 2012: Fashionably great
Originally posted October 25, 2012. I had a fabulous time, if you will, as a panelist and participant in last night’s Fashion Lawyer Marketing CLE at... Read more
De agony of de tweet
Here’s some of the topical stuff I passed along @roncoleman via Twitter since the last time I rounded up these squawks: Enjoy the view, fellow... Read more
Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law: Richard Kirkpatrick wrote the book (again)
[Revised — RDC.] Congratulations to Richard K. Kirkpatrick of Pilsbury Winthrop, who has — through the Practising Law Institute — has come out with the... Read more