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Category: Damages

SCOTUS: It’s not the intent that counts

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Disgorge, infringers! Disgorge!

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Money for nothing

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-06-21 10:41:43. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDead horse?  You’d think so.  Copyright statutory damages, that is.  We’ve been there, and done that, right? […]

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The Nutty Ninth

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2007-12-21 11:32:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterMichael Atkins: The Ninth Circuit yesterday addressed the question: “whether an award of statutory damages for trademark […]

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Oy, Tenenbaum

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-10-04 18:43:04. Republished by Blog Post PromoterA while ago I wrote a little piece linking to Doug Lichtman’s exploration of the Tenenbaum copyright case, […]

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The new fuzzy logic of copyright damages (Best of 2016)

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Ron Coleman

First posted on June 17, 2016. What’s all this about the Supreme Court and copyright damages? Pretty thorough analysis of yesterday’s SCOTUS #Kirtsaeng judgment#copyright https://t.co/IPXtq9xFH3 […]

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The new fuzzy logic of copyright damages

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Ron Coleman

What’s all this about the Supreme Court and copyright damages? Pretty thorough analysis of yesterday’s SCOTUS #Kirtsaeng judgment#copyright https://t.co/IPXtq9xFH3 — Managing IP (@ManagingIP) June 17, […]

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Best of 2009: “Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury, Part 1

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Ron Coleman

A lot of people, including judges, lawyers and civilians, don’t seem to really understand what statutory damages are all about.  They are not supposed to […]

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Righthaven – Media Bloggers Association files amicus brief

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Ron Coleman

I’ve written a little bit about the Righthaven lawsuits before.  Now, as reported in the Las Vegas Sun, on behalf of the Media Bloggers Association […]

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Best of 2013: The superheroes of trademarks

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Ron Coleman

Originally published on April 15, 2013.What could be more superheroic, after all, than splitting one trademark into two sources of origin? Maybe trying to make […]

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Copyright injunctions – plus ça change

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Ron Coleman

Last summer I mentioned the new law in the Ninth Circuit — or, as I insisted, the clarification of the existing law — to the […]

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The superheroes of trademarks

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Ron Coleman

What could be more superheroic, after all, than splitting one trademark into two sources of origin? Maybe trying to make some sense out of how […]

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Default of da system? Or, “Tally Ho!”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Ron Coleman

Via this patently entertaining post I was alerted to this somewhat more analytical one by Venkat Balasubramani, with Eric Goldman riding shotgun, decrying the $100 million default judgment […]

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“Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury, Part 1

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Ron Coleman

A lot of people, including judges, lawyers and civilians, don’t seem to really understand what statutory damages are all about.  They are not supposed to […]

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“Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury, Part 2

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Ron Coleman

(Part 1 is here.) So.  In light of the decision in the Thomas-Rasset case, which I first rounded up in part 1 of this first-ever […]

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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 legal issues related to blogging. That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

ron-coleman-lawyerAs for me, I'm Ron Coleman, a commercial litigator with a special interest in copyright and trademark law and free speech. I was also the lead lawyer for The Slants, The Band Who Must Not be Named.

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