Lego my Trademark
Europe just keeps generating stories. Their IP system is different, you see, though the march toward harmonization in a global market continues apace. Evidently, Lego... Read more
Author: Ron Coleman
Likelihood of peregrination – Minnesota CLE
I’ve been ’round so long I don’t hardly even know what square is. I want to thank Minnesota CLE for having me on February 16, 2016. You can... Read more
Best of 2012: The way of all flash
First posted March 27, 2012. So, what happens when a trademark registration lapses? The post at the link, by Corsearch, is, yeah, kind of an... Read more
Beyond fair use
We’re a little obsessed here with the rights of “unauthorized” resellers to use the trademarks that describe the stuff they’re reselling. So this UK domain... Read more
Not safe for work
Blawg Review #279 is up at Mirriam Seddiq’s Not Guilty blog. It’s not safe for work. Unless you work in a law office. Home… that’s something else.... Read more
Trademark Law: The Dismal Science
The Tata Group put out this press release about a trademark decision that some people seem to think is funny. It is evidently connected with... Read more
College review website: Not hardly infringing anything, says SDNY
Out of respect for the Passover holiday, which ends next Tuesday night, I am not blogging as such. But to keep the pot boiling, I... Read more
Blawg Review from the Great Pacific Northwest
Blawg Review this week is hosted by one of us (thanks for the link!) — Michael Atkins, the one and only Seattle Trademark Lawyer, whose... Read more
Burning down the house
@ZviSRosen: t may be time to reasses the relationship of copyright law to the physical object - here the master tape. Copyright in audio and video is fundamentally different from traditional copyright - the only real analog I can think of is a painting Read more
Fifth Circuit: Corporate censorship has it limits
If any of part of the opinion in Netchoice decision (full opinion here) sounds familiar, well, it should. Read more
“Yes We Brand!”
Bloomberg News reports that “my generation”‘s President is every bit as thoroughly modern as you’d expect. In other words, no unauthorized drawing down of his... Read more
PissedConsumer.com: Ascentive v. Opinion Corp.
I try to tread lightly with respect to blogging about cases I’m involved with, but there’s not much question that the December 13, 2011 Eastern... Read more
In like a lion – This March on Twitter
I can’t remember the last time I rounded up recent topical Twitter tweets via this blog’s likely2confuse feed, and I’m not even going to try... Read more
Give the man credit
Judge Harold Baer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “home court” for LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®) has never been afraid to... Read more