Trademarks: The IP that isn’t IP
Ron ColemanI have asked, begged, cajoled and — well, no I haven’t threatened Ed Timberlake; who could do that? — but in any event, he won’t write a guest post on…
Gavin McInnes v. SPLC
Although the SPLC Hate Designations are not empirical statements of fact, and are frequently entirely counter-factual, the SPLC Hate Designations are nonetheless intended by SPLC and treated by the mainstream…
A Century of Trademark Law: Looking back … at me
A Century of Trademark Law: Looking Back and Looking Forward, a photo by Eric Goldman Mountain View on Flickr. Eric Goldman took this picture of me asking him my question…
INTA Annual Meeting – a century of trademarks
Good meeting. San Francisco is a good location, even if it isn’t providing us good weather. Everything is walkable; the Moscone Center is human sized — though I’ve been shut…
Trademarks of yesterday
An odd little display at a garden center in Clifton, New Jersey.
Mommy’s trademark infringement
Mommy’s Time Out wine, a photo by Ron Coleman on Flickr. I couldn’t but snap the above shot of “Mommy’s Time Out” wine when I first saw it three years…
Litigation is war!
Old Passaic County courthouse With apologies to Fred Whitmer… great day today, going in person to file a verified complaint in a commercial case in New Jersey Superior Court. If…
When your brand means just about nothing…
… you’ll slap onto just about anything, I guess. Or perhaps in a virtually abandoned district of a virtually abandoned city — in this case, Cleveland — it’s more along…
After the deposition
After the deposition Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman Cooling my heels.
Tackiness not grounds for refusal to register
Otherwise, why would John Welch be reporting this appeal?: December 4, 2008 – 10 AM: In re Chippendales USA, LLC, Serial No. 78666598
Likelihood of Success (updated)
Likelihood of Success was my “general interest”/politics blog. Unlike LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®, it had a great jawline, an aquiline nose and perfectly white teeth! I retired the Likelihood of Success…
Selling counterfeit DVD’s on 34th Street
Selling counterfeit DVD’s on 34th Street Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman While the IP-equity lobbyists are appointing copyright czars and planning endless dragnets against college students and their grannies, counterfeit…
Think pink?
In a nearby Duane Reade: Pink-tinged Mint Milanos by Pepperidge Farm. You’re supposed to know that the pink on the package means raising money for breast cancer. Breast cancer owns…
Chasing confusion
This explains why it’s so hard for the rest of us to get legal work from Chase.