Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
The statutory copyright damages awards merry-go-round Thomas-Rasset circus is not the only case that seems to be stuck in an infinitely-recurring loop. As Pamela Chestek explains, “the... Read more
Yet another chapter in the abuse of supposed trademark rights in “catchphrases” — now from MoveOn, the “freedom” people. The purveyor of an “infringing” T-shirt... Read more
Courtesy of Best of the Web Today, we learn that Rolling Stone magazine has repented of its earlier sins and has accepted the Bible ad. Funny how a little publicity can... Read more
Volokh.com weighs in on an issue, not irrelevant to this blog (where the First Amendment is a topic), I blogged about on Dean’s World a... Read more
So eventually all the “big trademark stories” catch up to you, even if you try to avoid them as you would try to avoid …... Read more
(First posted September 24, 2007) “If Columbia is not ashamed of the decision,” writes Justin Hart, why did it de-brand Holocaust denier / promiser Ahmadinejad of Iran... Read more
Decadent western culture is rat obsessed, it’s true. But sometimes the rodent has to take one for the team. Now, in true Islamist fashion, but... Read more
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... Read more
Bad feelings from (not so?) long ago get played out across the China Straits. Just how much should trademark registration reflect personal, national, or ethnic... Read more
Funny things happen to trademarks in the Casbah. John Burgess at the Crossroads Arabia blog has a story about a recent incident of Saudi Arabia’s... Read more
We’ve written here about the madness of rent-seeking as the only goal of intellectual property policy. Lawrence Lessig writes wisely: Foreign Policy: The Public Domain... Read more
Jack Shafer of Slate is linkable again — this time skewering the new Edward R. Murrow movie that continues the deification of the Great Man... Read more
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... Read more
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.... Read more