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Category: Counterfeiting & Piracy

Posted on May 25, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Best of 2011: Poor eBay!

First posted April 27, 2011.News item: eBay Beats The Street; Revenue Up 16 Percent To $2.5B; Net Income Up 12 Percent eBay just reported first quarter... Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021May 28, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Socialism in one country

G. Mathew Lombard reports: “According to this web site, 70% of all China’s internet bandwith is used to transfer pirated movies.” Can’t be what Chairman... Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021May 28, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Another business model bites the dust

It’s easy to make money on licensing when you don’t pay the royalties: A multi-agency task force has executed a search warrant on the country’s... Read more

Matthew David Brozik
Posted on May 24, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Justice Served Cold

When I was in law school, my trademark law seminar instructor was a practicing lawyer who has his share of war stories, some involving actual... Read more

Posted on January 6, 2021March 1, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

You know it’s not a crime any more when…

… even the judges are doing it? Originally posted 2010-06-17 23:02:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on December 19, 2019 Counterfeiting & Piracy Trademarks and trademark law

Reversal Strummed Up in Gibson Guitars Case

The AP reports: NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nashville-based Gibson Guitar Corporation has lost a legal battle. A federal appeals court has ruled that a competitor‘s copy of... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Counterfeiting & Piracy

When counterfeits are serious business

The New York Times writes about counterfeit drugs, the tragedies that follow in their wake and the reality of enforcement.  Via the NCPA website. Originally... Read more

Posted on September 20, 2019 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

How Supreme Skateboard plays the edge

The new Case Clothesed blog out of New York Law School has a very interesting, if lightly sourced, piece about how Supreme Skateboard has managed for... Read more

Posted on September 18, 2019 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Guileless on the East Side

Shameless, and utterly riskless, too, it seems — selling first-run movies now in the theaters in obvious counterfeit DVD form deep below the Upper East... Read more

Posted on April 5, 2019 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Defining counterfeiting downward

Counterfeit Chic happens upon a new defense to trademark counterfeiting:  “Counterfeiting?  You call this counterfeiting?!” We’ve all seen imitation goods so poorly rendered that they... Read more

Posted on July 7, 2017August 3, 2017 Counterfeiting & Piracy

The wild card in music downloading

You thought college students were lawless about file “sharing”? Well, Russia is feeling its oats these days, what with oil prices up and dictatorship back... Read more

Posted on April 21, 2017 Counterfeiting & Piracy

When Fakery Turns Fatal

The New York Times reports about an aspect of trademark enforcement which, among the disputes over rent-seeking and IP overreach, is often forgotten: The value... Read more

Posted on August 30, 2016October 19, 2016 Counterfeiting & Piracy

What the –? (ABC v. DEF.)

Here’s what we knew, and when we knew it: On March 19, 2013, a federal lawsuit was commenced in the United States District Court for... Read more

Posted on August 25, 2016 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Cardiac counterfeiting

It’s not a defense to trademark infringement or counterfeiting that your heart is full of good intentions. Originally posted 2012-12-30 15:00:15. Republished by Blog Post... 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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