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Category: Fee Shifting

Best of 2013: Lanham Act attorneys’ fees: Good to know

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-12-30 16:01:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst published on June 27, 2013. The situation with attorneys’ fees in “exceptional cases” under the Lanham […]

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Frivolous copyright claims don’t automatically merit fee awards

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-10-07 10:22:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe New York Law Journal reports that my old friend Southern District Judge Denise Cote has turned […]

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Show me the money

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-04-20 17:19:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCopyright is happening all over the place! Now, a slight digression from the stemwinder I’m about to […]

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Lanham Act attorneys’ fees: Good to know

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-06-27 11:41:52. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe situation with attorneys’ fees in “exceptional cases” under the Lanham Act is, to put it mildly, […]

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No exceptions

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-01-20 09:32:46. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDid I ever say blogging is dead?  If I did it must have just been a tough […]

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Best of 2008: Someone dropped in an extra zero, right? RIGHT?

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Ron Coleman

Posted on October 16, 2008. It’s a month-old story, and how it got past us here notwithstanding, it’s not getting past us now.  Per the […]

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Seventh Circuit: I Hate Illinois Nazis.

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Ron Coleman

McDermott Will & Emery has published an article on the Mondaq website (registration required) about a Seventh Circuit decision in which a losing party was […]

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Commercial, Trademark and Free Speech Litigation

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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 and a partner in the Dhillon Law Group 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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