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Category: Fair Use

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fair Use

Authors Guild v. Google: Judge Chin’s decision in favor of Google Books

Anyone looking for the Author’s Guild v. Google decision on the Southern District of New York website is going to have a hard time: It’s... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fair Use

Righthaven Agonistes

Is all this copyright jurisprudence lollipops and rainbows? Let us reflect a little on what Righthaven has wrought, so far. Wired weighs in on the... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Brand Management and Branding Copyright Law Fair Use

“We cannot allow our brand to be abused”

Originally posted on November 13, 2008: “We cannot allow our brand to be abused.”  What “brand” is that? The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Fair Use

“DUMB STARBUCKS”: Grasping at laws.

Your blawger, he is conflicted. Part of me does not want to give the—ahem—geniuses behind the DUMB STARBUCKS stunt any more press, but the rest... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Fair Use

Best of 2013: Turning back that Crimson Tide

Originally published January 8, 2013 Trademark law does not trump the right to make and sell artistic depictions of real life after all, it turns... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Fair Use Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2010: Sealed with a fist

First posted August 4, 2010. I kvetch a lot about the mania for dubious “IP enforcement” by government agencies such as New York’s Metropolitan Transit... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Fair Use

Grateful Defendant

The New York Law Journal reports online (registration required) that the Southern District of New York has, thankfully, put a rare brake on the copyright... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Fair Use Fashion Law

Rated R for infRingement

John Welch reports that the TTAB has ruled that the trademark “RATED R SPORTSWEAR” is confusingly similar to the famous “RATED R” movie certification mark.... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Fair Use

“We cannot allow our brand to be abused”

Originally posted on November 13, 2008. What “brand” is that? The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brand. The greed of the King “branders” was... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Brand Management and Branding Copyright Law Fair Use Trademarks and trademark law

Zombie on zombie action

The Escapist (via Punning Pundit): In a battle that refuses to die, publisher Capcom filed a pre-emptive lawsuit against the Dawn of the Dead film... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Fair Use Trademarks and trademark law

Theologically misdescriptive

Talk about “scandalous and offensive” marks!: [P]hrases containing some form of “God” have been trademarked [sic] more than 3,400 times in the United States: “God... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Fair Use

Update on Lady Voldemort

We first wrote about her lawsuit against a fansite operator here. Sam Bayard has the latest.  Originally posted 2011-09-09 10:52:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Fair Use Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

Companies versus their fans

Walter Olson: The famous maker of candies and candy-dispensers is suing the owners of the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia in Northern California, claiming that... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Fair Use

Best of 2008: The Long and Rocky Road

This was first posted on May 7, 2008. Irvin Robbins, the co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain, died yesterday. Here’s how much time has... 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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