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Category: Gripe and Review Sites

Posted on November 22, 2021 Gripe and Review Sites

The unbearable dumbness of threatening

I’ve made a career here of tut-tutting the impolitic and brand-negating utterance of baseless cease and desist and other threatening letters based on IP infringement,... Read more

Posted on August 4, 2021 Gripe and Review Sites

Decline and fall of the dumb copyright trick

One of the dumbest things people — overlawyered, and, sadly, mainly professionally-licensed people — have tried to do to avoid negative online reviews is to... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Gripe and Review Sites

UK eBay seller sues buyer for negative feedback

That really takes chutzpa.  But it’s an odd choice for the seller, who would seem to have acknowledged the buyer’s complaint by refunding his money. ... Read more

Posted on January 1, 2018December 31, 2017 Gripe and Review Sites

Decline and fall of the dumb copyright trick (Best of 2017)

First published on November 13, 2017. One of the dumbest things people — overlawyered, and, sadly, mainly professionally-licensed people — have tried to do to... Read more

Posted on December 8, 2017December 22, 2017 Gripe and Review Sites

Get a gripe

Tom Crandall considers “When A Gripe Site Is Manipulated By A Competitor” — and gets a crack expert opinion in there. Says Tom: I believe... Read more

Posted on March 8, 2016March 13, 2016 Gripe and Review Sites

Public Citizen pushes IP overreach back

Greg Beck of Public Citizen writes in with litigation news (I’ve added the links): Public Citizen filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit in Florida... Read more

Posted on February 9, 2016September 20, 2019 Gripe and Review Sites

Personality disorder

When will we ever learn?  The story here is about a lawsuit by lawyer Moira Bernstein, who complains, on behalf of a purported class, that by... Read more

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Ron Coleman of the DHILLON LAW GROUP

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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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