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Posted on May 28, 2021 Everything else

Likelihood of extrusion

Reprinting my annual Passover post. The first seder is tonight, Friday, March 1st. I’ll be offline and unaccountable for comment moderation, glitch control or anything... Read more

Posted on May 25, 2021 Everything else

Man Bites Dog

The People’s Daily Online reports [Update: Link dead. But here’s a good one.] A Chinese company, Henan Shuaike Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. lodged a lawsuit against... Read more

Posted on May 25, 2021 Everything else

Likelihood of extrusion

Reprinting my annual Passover post, scrubbed and cleansed and covered with vinyl shelf paper for this year: This year Passover takes up two weekdays, Thursday... Read more

Posted on May 25, 2021 Everything else

And miles to go before I sleep

Robert Frost?  Well, no, it’s Yehuda, he of the rhyming versions of Lanham Act and such. He’s rolled out the UK Copyright Law, in verse,... Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021 Everything else

Likelihood of extrusion

Reprinting my annual Passover post, updated for modern microblogging sensibilities and adjusted for days of the week as they come out this year: I’ve been... Read more

Posted on July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 Everything else

Confusion ascendant

Jewish tradition teaches that on this day on the Jewish calendar, Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av), five national calamities occurred:... Read more

Posted on March 3, 2020March 9, 2020 Everything else

Confusion Dispelled

Originally posted in September 2005.   Minor edits made in September 2012. In the spring of 2005, I got a comment on the blog from... Read more

Posted on October 31, 2019 Everything else

Confusion ascendant

Jewish tradition teaches that on Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av) five national calamities occurred: During the time of Moses, Jews... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Everything else

Eat your words

Or, rather, someone else — who can really use a meal — will. Originally posted 2007-10-23 00:07:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Everything else

Likelihood of extrusion

Reprinting my annual Passover post, updated for modern microblogging sensibilities and adjusted for days of the week as they come out this year: I’ve been... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Everything else

OFF TOPIC: Hey, wait a minute!

(NB: I blogged this on the conservative political blog Judge and Jewry: Above the Din, which, when it’s not judicial confirmation season, gets a little... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Everything else

January 28th – DC Seminar on Intellectual Property and Sovereign Immunity

If you’re going to be in or around DC on January 28th, the Federalist Society is hosting this seminar that will examine the Supreme Court’s... Read more

Posted on September 20, 2019 Everything else

Philosopher Kings, Not

The Atlantic Online features an article by Bejamin Wittes bellyaching about the quality of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rationalization of its all-powerful rule over the... Read more

Posted on September 18, 2019 Everything else

New Niche for the Numb of New York

Jeff Jarvis reports that a new demographic has been discovered: I had to laugh at this quote from an entertainment exec in Saul Hansell’s NY... 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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