
Politically incorrect trademarks, continued
Originally posted 2014-07-24 15:34:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBad feelings from (not so?) long ago get played out across the China Straits. Just how much […]
Continue reading »Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
Originally posted 2014-07-24 15:34:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBad feelings from (not so?) long ago get played out across the China Straits. Just how much […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2014-04-09 07:50:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterYet another chapter in the abuse of supposed trademark rights in “catchphrases” — now from MoveOn, the […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2014-11-17 17:55:41. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFunny things happen to trademarks in the Casbah. John Burgess at the Crossroads Arabia blog has a […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2005-09-16 16:17:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWe’ve written here about the madness of rent-seeking as the only goal of intellectual property policy. Lawrence […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2012-03-29 19:43:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Jack Shafer of Slate is linkable again — this time skewering the new Edward R. Murrow […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2011-11-08 11:19:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter So eventually all the “big trademark stories” catch up to you, even if you try to […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2006-09-30 23:42:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDavid Bernstein weighs in on an issue, not irrelevant to this blog (where the First Amendment is […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2012-07-09 13:55:33. Republished by Blog Post Promoter(First posted September 24, 2007) “If Columbia is not ashamed of the decision,” writes Justin Hart, why did it […]
Continue reading »Originally posted 2007-07-02 19:31:14. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Decadent western culture is rat obsessed, it’s true. But sometimes the rodent has to take one […]
Continue reading »Is this good for McDonalds’ branding (click here for my personal favorite URL)? I’m not so sure it’s that bad. Having your trademark publicly desecrated […]
Continue reading »Posted on August 19, 2005. I stumbled on this article in Slate and it seemed to contradict my point in one of my favorite posts. […]
Continue reading »The issue of companies that technologically filter the sludge that oozes out of Hollywood in order to preserve a semblance of entertainment or enlightenment in […]
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Continue reading »“Another” Internet-related death (apologies to the “X-Police“) (and Dean Wormer of course).
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