“Diversion”: Threat or menace?
Ron ColemanWe have written before (as have some judges) about the dubious concept of “diversion,” usually used to rationalize the equally dubious concept of “initial interest confusion,” as well as in…
Not quite Christie’s, not quite Sotheby’s
But so very close to both! A branding mashup one block east of the Hyatt on East 42nd Street.
Cobranding hell — New York, 42nd Street at Third Avenue
Is it a coffee shop with armed guards? A decaffeinated bank? In fact it’s a bank next to a coffee shop, and they seem to share an entrance (though not…
Absolutely not a Verizon Dealer
I call this “shadow ghost branding,” and there’s a lot of it around. A company is formerly affiliated with a well-known brand, typically as a franchisee, and then the relationship…
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Move on, already
Yet another chapter in the abuse of supposed trademark rights in “catchphrases” — now from MoveOn, the “freedom” people. The purveyor of an “infringing” T-shirt ran for the hills, intimidated…
De-Branding Columbia University’s Nazi triumph
(First posted September 24, 2007) “If Columbia is not ashamed of the decision,” writes Justin Hart, why did it de-brand Holocaust denier / promiser Ahmadinejad of Iran at today’s controversial…
Knockoff News
Counterfeit Chic’s 69th edition of the karnival of kounterfeits was posted last week!
Get a gripe
Tom Crandall considers “When A Gripe Site Is Manipulated By A Competitor” — and gets a crack expert opinion in there. Says Tom: I believe we are entering a very…
So .su me, comrade
Bolshevism is still alive and well on the Internet, and not only at Daily Kos. The “.su” country code assigned to the Soviet Union by ICANN is still meeting quotas…
New AG OK
The increasingly ubiquitous Marc Randazza pronounces, on the INTA list: In doing some research on the new Attorney General nominee, I discovered that he was the judge who penned the…
Death of a great brand
“Has the Bin Laden brand jumped the shark?” Hey, who said “death“? UPDATE: Ok, ok, Death.
But, of course
Shoes are dropping all over Europe: L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics group, has launched legal action against eBay, alleging the online auctioneer does not do enough to combat the sale…
Settling in
Foley Square view Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman I took this view of Foley Square, where the courthouses and many other public buildings in Manhattan are, when I stopped to…