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Category: Brand Management and Branding

Posted on December 2, 2009December 2, 2009 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Eat here, get gas. But not if you’re Jewish!

Yes, that’s the famous old joke on the roadside filling station sign.  Well, not the second part.  But evidently it’s not a laughing matter at... Read more

Posted on November 24, 2009December 26, 2012 Brand Management and Branding

“I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of no Brain at All”

Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it. The Winnie the Pooh... Read more

Posted on October 20, 2009October 21, 2009 Brand Management and Branding

McDonald’s considers IP protection for anticipated move into sale of actual food

The story they’re all talking about on barely-middlebrow talk radio today: McDonalds tries to patent sandwich-making — or, rather, a sandwich-making McGuffin for its Egg... Read more

Posted on October 8, 2009December 26, 2012 Brand Management and Branding

A Court of Very Little Brain?

No, just the Ninth Circuit, in this case denying the appeal in the Winnie the Pooh litigation over the IP and licensing rights of the... Read more

Posted on June 1, 2009November 11, 2013 Brand Management and Branding

Rawhide!

Remember the lawsuit pitting the Naked Cowboy against the Mars candy people? Well, the Cowboy rides again — out in the direction of that sunset... Read more

Posted on March 31, 2009November 25, 2010 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

While my guitar gently weeps

One of the first posts on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® was about Gibson Guitar Corp. v. Paul Reed Smith Guitars, LP, 70 UPSQ2d 1911 (M.D. Tenn.... Read more

Posted on December 29, 2008May 28, 2010 Brand Management and Branding Copyright Law Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2008: “Designer Skin v. S&L Continued: ‘S&L had a perfect right to sell this product'” (July)

This was first posted on July 18th: Unfortunately for future defendants in the position of our client, Internet retailer S&L, U.S. District Judge James Teilborg’s... Read more

Posted on November 25, 2007May 20, 2015 Brand Management and Branding

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... Read more

Posted on May 9, 2007February 25, 2010 Brand Management and Branding

One cease and desist letter I won’t be sending

The AP reports that Disney could have some IP issues in a jurisdiction where, regrettably, I am not licensed to practice. Or to breathe: Hamas... Read more

Posted on March 1, 2007January 27, 2015 Brand Management and Branding

SUPER BOWL!!!! (Updated and moved up)

SUPER BOWL! SUPER BOWL! SUPER BOWL! Now that they “own” the English words “Super Bowl” — terrifying everyone from even the fairest of use with... Read more

Posted on September 21, 2005November 16, 2015 Brand Management and Branding

Jeeves Gets the Pink Slip

The Street reports that “IAC/InterActiveCorp. is dropping the butler who doubles as the mascot of its recently acquired Ask Jeeves online search business.” Trademark /... Read more

Posted on July 24, 2005February 26, 2015 Brand Management and Branding

Carnival of the Brands

Not really. But it’s better than one, I think. And, you know, brands are trademarks and trademarks are brands, pretty much. Business Week’s website has... Read more

Coca-Cola Classic
Posted on July 15, 2005May 3, 2010 Brand Management and Branding Fair Use Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

Have a Coke and a Trial

India doesn’t have a First Amendment, as such, but from what I read its free speech protections are similar to those in the West. So... 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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