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Category: Fee Shifting

Posted on September 1, 2022 Fee Shifting

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

First published on June 27, 2013. The situation with attorneys’ fees in “exceptional cases” under the Lanham Act is, to put it mildly, not clear.... Read more

Posted on November 8, 2021 Fee Shifting

Lanham Act attorneys’ fees: Good to know

The situation with attorneys’ fees in “exceptional cases” under the Lanham Act is, to put it mildly, not clear.   I’ve written about it from... Read more

Posted on July 28, 2021August 20, 2021 Fee Shifting

Frivolous copyright claims don’t automatically merit fee awards

The New York Law Journal reports that my old friend Southern District Judge Denise Cote has turned down Fox Entertainment Group’s attempt to recoup almost... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Fee Shifting

Show me the money

Copyright is happening all over the place! Now, a slight digression from the stemwinder I’m about to release here on fee shifting in copyright cases.... Read more

Posted on January 7, 2016January 18, 2016 Fee Shifting

No exceptions

Did I ever say blogging is dead?  If I did it must have just been a tough week.  There’s lots of great blogging out there,... Read more

Posted on January 22, 2015January 22, 2015 Fee Shifting

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

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... Read more

Posted on December 9, 2014December 30, 2014 Fee Shifting

Seventh Circuit: I Hate Illinois Nazis.

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