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Category: Law Practice and Profession

Posted on July 4, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

Let it flow

The Invent Blog® reports on the latest fashion (and maybe a good idea) for IP lawyers: Flowcharts on IP for Clients to help them understand... Read more

Posted on June 10, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

New York ethics rules do not destroy blogs as we know them

Probably not, anyway.  We were all upset and flustered over the proposed new rules.  As actually enacted, they were considerably more mild and don’t seem... Read more

Posted on May 29, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

Best of 2008: Other People’s Money

First published January 8, 2008. WSJ.com’s Law Blog reports about the seven-figure effect in the Central District of California for a one-minute-late filing: A judgment in... Read more

Posted on May 22, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

“Go Home”: Why law school was probably a bad idea

Oddly enough, I got a “request” for an article I once wrote in Student Lawyer magazine in a comment here. The point of the article was... Read more

Posted on May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

All things in moderation

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Posted on March 20, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

Sheppard Mullins’s Copyright Top Ten List

The big law firm‘s sleepy but snazzy Intellectual Property Law Blog lists “The Top Ten Ways Copyright Law Can Mess Up Your Transaction.” I link... Read more

Posted on February 27, 2022March 4, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

More fair use follies: copyright infringement by court filing?

Evan Brown reports (links added): The parties in the matter of Shell v. Devries, a case from the U.S. District Court for the District of... Read more

Posted on February 8, 2022February 18, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

Last chance to save democracy, LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION

I know, I know — redundant. So in that spirit, I am reprinting part of what I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago,... Read more

Posted on January 19, 2022January 28, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

Stacking the deck

The National Law Journal, understandably skeptical about the U.S. News rankings, does its own analysis. UPDATE: Huh! And they aren’t the only ones: For many... Read more

Posted on January 3, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

Best of 2013: It’s fun to stay at the U-N-T-A!

First published May 19, 2013. Last year there was much Strum und Drang here about INTA — sorry, I mean The I-N-T-A!, which stands for... Read more

Posted on December 26, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

Search or destroy

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports this chilling story: A local attorney and instructor in legal studies at the University of Cincinnati’s Clermont College has been hit... Read more

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Posted on October 28, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

When an Issue of First Impression Makes a Bad One

Have you ever read a decision and just marveled at the apparent restraint of the judges? “Why don’t they tell this party to shut up?”... Read more

Posted on September 14, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

America’s trademark litigation gravy train – the Bratz / Barbie case is back!

I can’t claim to be keeping close tabs on what’s going on in theBarbie / Bratz trademark litigation. But lookie here: A federal appeals court has... Read more

Posted on August 3, 2021August 20, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

J.D. Supra, Facebook …. and the Word

Bob Ambrogi: The document-sharing site JD Supra is launching an application for Facebook today that lets its members stream their documents and professional profile information... 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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