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Category: IP Institutions

Posted on May 25, 2021 Internet Law IP Institutions

Out-Googled

By the way, don’t get me wrong. I’m trying to cover the Google IP territory, if not comprehensively at least on the high points. But... Read more

Posted on April 8, 2020 IP Institutions

Meet the Bloggers XIV – INTA Seattle

Going to INTA in Seattle this year? I am! If you still want to go, however, you will not want to miss Meet the Bloggers... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 IP Institutions Roundups

“Meet the Bloggers” 2010

It’s going to be a Who’s Who of trademark bloggery! Here’s a sample of those intrepid secondary-meaners besides your hosts (see infra) who have blogged... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 IP Institutions

Seattle. Trademark lawyers.

At Mike Atkin’s place in Seattle, all kinds of law bloggers, but mostly trademark ones, got together tonight in honor of all being rained on... Read more

Posted on October 13, 2019 IP Institutions

The statute that keeps on giving

I am grateful for a break in the Section 2(a) action long enough that I could sneak in some blogging about another topic this week.  Apropos that post’s nostalgic... Read more

Posted on September 20, 2019 IP Institutions

Best of 2014: Consensus in Cleveland

First posted on March 12, 2014. Far be it from me to compare myself to the distinguished former Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit, the... Read more

Posted on October 22, 2018 Fashion Law IP Institutions Politics

COICA: Big IP supersizes it

Everything I’ve written about here for the last five years, or just about everything, is about to get a lot worse, explains David Post: Congress... Read more

Posted on May 9, 2018 IP Institutions

Standard of review in IP cases – NYIPLA Annual Meeting next Tuesday, May 15th

The New York Intellectual Property Association (NYIPLA) Annual Meeting is this coming Tuesday, May 15th at the Princeton Club in New York. I’ll be there —... Read more

Posted on August 14, 2017 IP Institutions Patents Trademarks and trademark law

Where nobody knows your name

I subbed for a more important lawyer on a panel for the American Intellectual Property Association Spring Meeting in New York today (May 7, 2010).... Read more

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 IP Institutions

INTA’s magic kingdom

Waiting in line for my choc shake . Thanks @cantabip for organizing: #INTA16 Tweetup official group photo. pic.twitter.com/IgMYNy0YGE — Kenneth L. Kunkle (@Kunkle_Law) May 23,... Read more

Posted on July 16, 2014 IP Institutions

INTA thoughts

On the tail end of the annual meeting of the International Trademark Association in Boston, which I’ve used as an excuse not to post much... Read more

Posted on April 2, 2014February 24, 2015 IP Institutions

IP’s Ancien Régime

Instapundit linked to an abstract of a law journal article called “IP in a World Without Scarcity” by Mark Lemley at Stanford.  Fun fact from his Stanford... Read more

Posted on July 30, 2013 IP Institutions

I have met the bloggers, and they are us!

Nice event last night at “Meet the Bloggers VII” otherwise not in the least bit known as the “IP Law BlogFestivus.”  You may want to check... Read more

Posted on April 23, 2013April 23, 2015 IP Institutions Law Practice and Profession

Meet the Bloggers – INTA, Dallas, 2013!

What else is there to say? Of course you’re invited! 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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