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Category: Law Practice and Profession

Posted on May 28, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

Small business lawsuits are bad for small business

A nice infographic! Via: BOLT Insurance Originally posted 2014-10-28 18:56:21. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

They’re giving it away!

Dickstein Shapiro has published a guide to IP issues (it’s a PDF) for in-house counsel, which is probably useful for non-specialists in private practice as... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

Bookmark this

If you do legal research, this is where things are going. Lexis, Westlaw… hope you enjoyed the ride. Originally posted 2012-12-30 15:00:14. Republished by Blog... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

The United States Supreme Court

We got a little tour of the U.S. Supreme Court building ahead of our argument in Lee v. Tam tomorrow, January 18, 2016. I was... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

The death of law reviews?

It’s been an open question for a while whether there’s much value in law reviews any more as sources of leading-edge, original or any other... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

Costco neko wo kamu

If Tiffany was miffed at Costco before, it’s positively infuriated now. You will recall that on February 14[, 2013] the high-end jeweler Tiffany & Co.... Read more

GIve me ambiguity or give me something else
Posted on May 25, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

Likelihood of … whatever

Okay, folks — this one is for the lawyers, pretty much.  It’s a Contract Interpretation Quiz (I’ve added the emphasis): Interpret this contract, reproduced below in... Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

Thelen’s accelerated schedule

Originally posted 2008-09-12 09:00:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Grim branding days at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner! What do you do when you’re... Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law

After you get past my book, get this book by my friend Mark Herrmann. (Who’s not quite a curmudgeon.) I read it in preview (and... Read more

Posted on May 3, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

INTA does the right thing

I’m glad I got my grumbling in before this hit my inbox: The International Trademark Association (INTA) is pleased to announce the launch of its... Read more

Posted on March 5, 2021March 8, 2021 Law Practice and Profession

Everything you ever wanted to know about lawyers*

What do lawyers like LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION blogger Ron Coleman do all day? Well, let's start with document review. A lot of it. Read more

Posted on November 17, 2020 Law Practice and Profession LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Whole lot of litigation

It’s just me, just saying. In the last month I’ve been, as we say, underwater with both religious observances and litigation.  A whole lot of... Read more

Posted on September 21, 2020 Law Practice and Profession

The New York bar exam — “The Endless Summer”

In 1989, when I was still a contributing editor to the ABA’s Student Lawyer magazine, I wrote an article describing, in somewhat purple hues, the... Read more

Posted on November 27, 2019 Law Practice and Profession

Rat on the stand

Originally posted 2007-12-28 15:46:47. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. Marty Schwimmer gets all the best stories! Originally posted 2015-08-05 12:22:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter 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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