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Category: Counterfeiting & Piracy

Posted on December 4, 2010October 23, 2012 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law

New fashion IP bill: Put it on HER tab!

But which “her”?  Two fashion blogs I know on two different coasts express two very different views about this… new fashion law bill thing.  I’m... Read more

Posted on November 9, 2010November 15, 2010 Copyright Law Counterfeiting & Piracy

RIAA: Pillar of the Plaintiff’s Bar

Reuters “news service” “reports”: A record industry trade group on Thursday said it filed lawsuits against 751 people it claims used online file-sharing networks to... Read more

Kalashnikov
Posted on June 28, 2010October 13, 2010 Counterfeiting & Piracy Trademarks and trademark law

From Russia, without royalties

The Kalashnikov rifle: Naked trademark licensing (“I take them into my hands and, my goodness, the marks are foreign,” [General Kalashnikov] said of the knockoffs... Read more

Posted on June 6, 2008October 23, 2012 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

Vuitton beats Google on home court

The International Herald Tribune reports: Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods manufacturer, won another round Wednesday in its court battle with the search engine Google to... Read more

Posted on June 1, 2007January 7, 2016 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Bringing big IP plaintiffs down a peg — or two

Mike Atkins is paying attention to Microsoft’s IP docket, as a Seattle Trademark Lawyer will do. He’s reporting about a default judgment and award the... 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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