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Category: Free Expression

Posted on February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Free Expression

Meet the Bloggers!

Well, we used to be bloggers. Read more

Posted on November 2, 2021 Free Expression

Joint trademark “ownership”: Tea for two? (Best of 2016)

Originally published January 25, 2016. It’s been almost ten years ago since the March 2006 blog post, which got a bit of play as it turned... Read more

Stop Islamization of America Logo
Posted on October 19, 2021 Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

Mark their words

Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs — two websites run by friends of mine who have very clearly articulated views about Islamic radicalism, and controversial ones... Read more

Posted on September 1, 2021 Free Expression

Free speech? Nothing 2(c) here

In ex parte appeal to TTAB, applicant argues that Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act violates the First Amendment under Matal v. Tam https://t.co/dWF9u7k5mI #trademarks... Read more

Posted on August 25, 2021 Blogging Free Expression

New Jersey Law Journal – Hands Off Blogs

I wrote this in the New Jersey Law Journal last week. Op-ed Hands Off Blogs Mandatory disclosure of payment to bloggers runs counter to free... Read more

Posted on August 24, 2021August 23, 2021 Free Expression

Free speech in academia

Princeton’s Professor Robert P. George explains the NATO-like idea behind the new Academic Freedom Alliance: “An Attack on One is an Attack on All” Read more

Institute for Jewish Ethics
Posted on August 22, 2021 Free Expression

Ethics in the Media – IJE Seminar

Ethics in the Media: Fake News, Free Speech, Censorship, Libel & Slander - American Law & Talmudic Ethics Read more

Posted on August 16, 2021August 18, 2021 Free Expression Internet Law

Ban that man!

London’s Times: People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week.Internet... Read more

Posted on August 10, 2021 Free Expression

IP Rights Again Brandished to Silence Critics

The Associated Press reports: The distinctive chocolate bar on the dust jacket of a new book about the founder of The Hershey Co. violates its... Read more

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Free Expression

Allum Bokhari, NYYRC and me

Tonight, at the New York Young Republican Club — Allum Bokhari. And me! Click the pic to get your tick! (Or click here.) If you... Read more

Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 Free Expression

Actually Malice

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Posted on July 6, 2021July 7, 2021 Free Expression

“That one case”

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Posted on June 17, 2021June 28, 2021 Free Expression

Ideological purity

Yahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday, describing a top-level meeting that discussed... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021June 28, 2021 Free Expression

Never liked Yale in the first place

Diversity of opinion has long been a one-way street in New Haven. (Via Instapundit.)   UPDATE: Everything’s different for girls at Yale. But that’s what... 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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