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Posted on August 28, 2021 Blogging

How Society Creates Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs have a special contract with society. A fascinating new read by Art Carden entitled Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich: How the... Read more

Posted on August 25, 2021 Blogging Free Expression

New Jersey Law Journal – Hands Off Blogs

I wrote this in the New Jersey Law Journal last week. Op-ed Hands Off Blogs Mandatory disclosure of payment to bloggers runs counter to free... Read more

Brann, Stitham, Swetnam
Posted on August 13, 2021 Blogging

Found blogs

Bunches of new soft IP blogs have sprung up.  I’ve been adding them to the Blogroll (for civilian blogs) or the Professional Courtesy roll (for... Read more

Posted on July 25, 2021July 26, 2021 Blogging

Likelihood of Reciprocation

LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®’s “blogroll” policy has not really changed, even though LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® is bigger and better than ever, but it may be useful... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021June 28, 2021 Blogging

Centerfield: Blog Name Theft

Very interesting brouhaha beginning over on the Center Field blog published by a group of self-described political centrists. (I had hoped it would feature commentary... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021June 28, 2021 Blogging

Voted “Copyright Least Likely to Be Infringed”

Wired News: Man Cleans Freezer, Film at 11 “Now, get busy filming! There are infinitely more trips to the dentist (.mov) and pool parties (.mov)... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Blogging

We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!

Should there be a “blogger code of conduct“? Bloggers are facing some high-profile peer pressure to please be a little more polite. Blogs, online journal-style... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Blogging

Hey, a new IP blog from Seattle!

Move over, Mike Atkins. You can post pictures of yourself hanging around with handsome and famous trademark lawyers all you want, but there’s evidently room... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Blogging

TTABlog: Eight years of keeping tabs on the TTAB

Busy as we were last week licking our wounds from the aftermath of really bad weather, I missed the opportunity to wish a timely mazal... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Blogging

IP Blogs Get Out of Bloglines

Now this is going to be interesting. Kevin Heller’s superlative TechLawAdvisor blog has a story about how Marty Schwimmer (going for three links from here in... Read more

LA Larry Zerner
Posted on June 17, 2021 Blogging

“Copyrights and Wrongs” — just right

LA Larry Zerner Larry Zerner, that rare creature — a lawyer in Los Angeles whose main emphasis is copyright, trademark and entertainment law — has a... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Blogging Roundups

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

Ron Coleman Internet Lawyer
Posted on June 17, 2021 Blogging

Worth a thousand words

How much use is fair use — i.e., permissible use — when it comes to graphics and photographs you “find” on the Internet? Not too... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Blogging

Good blogging

[Updated] Congratulations to the authors of the following IP blogs that were recognized by the ABA Journal for being the best ones there were in... 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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