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Category: Free Expression

Josh Denny and Ron Coleman
Posted on August 3, 2022 Free Expression

Wake-up Call with Josh Denny

Comic @JoshDenny and tragic @RonColeman discuss cancel culture, comedy and social media in part 1 of this excerpt from Josh's "Wake Up Call" Read more

Posted on July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Free Expression

Circuit Split: Do Public Officials Violate the First Amendment When They Block Social Media Comments? (Guest Post)

Nearly 75% of America’s population today actively uses social media. Facebook and Twitter have become invaluable channels of information, and are often the main source... Read more

Posted on July 23, 2022July 28, 2022 Free Expression

“When the Government Assaults the First Amendment”

From Freedom Fest, July 14, 2022 and featuring former Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, James O’Keefe III of Project Veritas, and the YouTuber known... Read more

Posted on July 12, 2022 Fair Use Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

Sealed with a fist

I kvetch a lot about the mania for dubious “IP enforcement” by government agencies such as New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, which really should both... Read more

Posted on July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Free Expression

Facebook’s naked censorship

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Posted on June 24, 2022August 1, 2022 Free Expression

Amicus Brief filed in Vans v. MSCHF

This is an important trademarks / free speech case. I got in on an edge of it! Read more

Posted on June 3, 2022 Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

That special something that says “infringement”

Paul Alan Levy sends along this heartwarming news about the Jenzabar case: In a ruling this week, a Massachusetts trial judge upheld the free speech rights... Read more

Posted on May 31, 2022 Free Expression

NYU: PC censorship “not negotiable”

I usually wish these libertarians would shut up and just do their economics forecasts — especially those Ayn-Rand-worshipping Objectivist types. On the other hand, you... Read more

Posted on May 23, 2022 Free Expression

Scientology Cult Returns to its IP-Abusive Ways

Long Island (New York’s) Newsday newspaper reports that the wackos at Scientology have tried to shut down a website called Scientomogy.com which mocks the cult’s... Read more

Posted on May 8, 2022 Free Expression

“All Criticism of This Website Is Hereby Forbidden”

Chutzpa!     Originally posted 2014-04-24 11:15:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on April 30, 2022 Copyright Law Free Expression

Best of 2010: Moral rights in Massachusetts

First published April 12, 2010. Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law:  A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual... Read more

Posted on April 19, 2022 Free Expression

They killed South Park?

Discussion about censorship and moral cowardice is brewing at Dean’s World. Originally posted 2010-11-02 11:55:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on March 29, 2022 Copyright Law Fair Use Free Expression

Baseball been very, very good to lawyers

Do you remember the lawsuit by Major League Baseball over the use of — well, not statistics, exactly, but the rights of publicity in baseball... Read more

Posted on March 7, 2022 Free Expression

The Parody Bomb Goes Off

When it rains, it pours. Via Andrew Sullivan (and reported here too) a report that Volkswagen is going to sue— in the UK — the... 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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