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Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech

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Brand Management and Branding

Yule remember this old chestnut

Ron Coleman Dec 24, 2021 0 Comments

https://twitter.com/likely2confuse/status/1474356641193730070?s=20

Brand Management and Branding

Westlaw: The brand that keeps on branding

Ron Coleman Jun 2, 2021 0 Comments

From distinguished advocate Blake Reid: The replies are funny, and on the mark, too.

Brand Management and Branding

Brands, cancel culture & disparaging trademarks

Ron Coleman Mar 18, 2021 0 Comments

Cancel culture proves that disparaging trademarks go away by themselves

Brand Management and Branding

Go to the light

Ron Coleman Mar 4, 2021 0 Comments

These brands did not die in vain

Brand Management and Branding

BLM: Broke, bespoke or woke?

Ron Coleman Sep 9, 2020 0 Comments

BLM is a thing! So count on corporate America never to let a good – or a terrible – thing go to waste. They call it crisis marketing. Corporate Voices…

Brand Management and Branding

Labor Day Special: Nailing the arm and hammer trademark

Ron Coleman Sep 6, 2020 0 Comments

Nothing worse for diluting baking soda — or a baking soda brand — than a gazillionaire commie plowing the waters with your logo on his yacht, you’d think.

Brand Management and Branding

Malice branding

Ron Coleman Jul 5, 2020 0 Comments

This post consists of one tweet about branding, the social moment, corporate ethics and all the things, by someone else. If the French Revolution were happening today, Ikea would be…

Brand Management and Branding

Broke? Woke! Totally bespoke

Ron Coleman Jun 9, 2020 2 Comments

Blacks are so oppressed that every corporation must issue its own hostage video. https://t.co/gDK6Lu3K8c — Jared A. Chambers ?? (@C4CEO) June 6, 2020 Samples tweets involving the most “privileged” brands…

Brand Management and Branding

New book: “The New York Yankees in Popular Culture”

Ron Coleman May 31, 2019 0 Comments

As my youthful enthusiasm for professional sports waned, my interest in brands increased. And as a New Yorker, I was always fascinated by the development of the Yankees brand, especially…

Brand Management and Branding

Co-branding hell

Ron Coleman Feb 28, 2019 0 Comments

Asking the questions on Twitter so you don’t have to: Who the hell asked for this? https://t.co/kULdFS32YQ— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) February 26, 2019 Not me! But of course, you can’t…

Brand Management and Branding

Crips as a brand? Why not? I mean, sure, maybe

Ron Coleman Feb 22, 2019 2 Comments

Can the Crips be a brand? DuetsBlog asks the question. Me, um, I've got no opinion, one way or the other.

Brand Management and Branding

#Brandbeating

Ron Coleman Oct 31, 2018 0 Comments

Brilliant marketing, brilliant brand building. #notsorry

Brand Management and Branding

Luxury is as luxury does

Ron Coleman May 8, 2018 0 Comments

Brands that were once considered “luxury” have taken to relying on “low-cost, high-profit items wrapped in logos.” https://t.co/OhJIcndsM1 pic.twitter.com/oWAW24t7QO — THE FASHION LAW (@TheFashionLaw) April 26, 2018 If you are…

Brand Management and Branding

Best of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®: Nuts to us? Or a “real” Charlie Brown Christmas? (Archive post)

Ron Coleman Dec 22, 2017 0 Comments

Originally published December 9, 2009. Now a heartwarming tradition of bloggy goodness. Instapundit links to this item about the incredible shrinking Charlie Brown specials — warmly-remembered favorite scenes from the…

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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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