The First Amendment has all kinds of things
Including freedom of religion. I talk about my latest (not my first) adventure with it, in association with the great Harmeet Dhillon and her Center […]
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Sorry you’re sick. But virus the money
A recent decision out of SDNY rejects defendants’ claim that “inability” to pay on a consent judgment “due to” financial difficulties arising from COVID-19 translates […]
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Lucky Brand decision: Dale Cendali makes her own luck
Yet another Supreme Court trademark decision yesterday, May 14, 2020: Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Grp., Inc., No. 18-1086 (S. Ct. May 14, […]
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Today in trademark appeals
As usual, lots of fun. Plague or not, you have to bring it! Below is the case (UPDATE: audio of the argument here): UPDATE: Decision […]
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Please plead me
Originally posted 2015-09-01 16:00:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEveryone knows about copyright preemption. How about trademarks? Pamela Chestak has a great post that explains why […]
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In law as in life, you make your own luck
At issue in the case is whether, in an action to enforce a trademark infringement judgment, a defendant who continues with the exact same infringements can collaterally attack a prior judgment with a defense that it raised in that prior action but deliberately chose not to prosecute.
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The counterfeit lie
“Cops? Robbers? Stealing? I don’t know much about trademarks, but I know about those things. Judgment for plaintiff.”
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It’s not about you
Fact is, trademark law, judges — much less justices — are not all much into you.
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Not every trademark dispute is declaratory judgment fodder
Originally posted 2014-08-18 11:21:21. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJohn Welch discusses a District Court decision (which he and his [then-]firm, Foley Hoag, helped secure) dismissing […]
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Tanked?
Originally posted 2009-05-24 11:03:12. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCartier sued Apple last week, and before I had a chance to figure it out, they either […]
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Other First Amendment business
Originally posted 2016-07-07 18:25:17. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSpend enough time perusing LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® and you might get the impression that there’s only one freedom […]
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Posner’s “judicial interpretive updating” and the disparagement clause (Best of 2017)
Originally posted on April 16, 2017. Thank God for small favors. Like being far away from the Seventh Circuit these days if you or your […]
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Going Wayback… and it’s out of here!
Originally posted 2012-02-09 13:59:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe TTABlog writes about a recent TTAB decision rejecting “Wayback Machine” data as evidence: The Board observed […]
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Posner’s “judicial interpretive updating” and the disparagement clause
Thank God for small favors. Like being far away from the Seventh Circuit these days if you or your client want to rely on the […]
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