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Category: Litigation

Please plead me

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

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

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Ron Coleman

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

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Ron Coleman

“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

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Ron Coleman

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

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Ron Coleman

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?

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Ron Coleman

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

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Ron Coleman

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)

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Ron Coleman

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!

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Ron Coleman

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

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Ron Coleman

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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Litigation

Thank you for your loyalty

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Ron Coleman

I like opinions in trademark infringement cases that don’t just gloss over LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION issues, but I have to admit I wasn’t ready for what […]

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“Sue now, explain later”

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2009-01-29 19:26:39. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThis is something to worry about: Straws in the wind: as federal courts use the welcome new […]

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Book ’em, Dan-o!

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Ron Coleman

There really is still such a thing as personal jurisdiction — and its absence — even in the Internet age, reports Evan Brown: Last year […]

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Internet Law, Litigation

Hot fun in the summer time

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Ron Coleman

A little while I ago I uploaded, at J.D. Supra, the three days of trial transcripts from last year’s desert extravaganza, the Designer Skin v. […]

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Litigation, Trademarks and trademark law

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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 legal issues related to blogging. That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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