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Category: Litigation

Posted on September 27, 2023 Litigation

It’s not about you

Fact is, trademark law, judges -- much less justices -- are not all much into you. Read more

Posted on May 11, 2023 Litigation Trademarks and trademark law

Hot fun in the summer time

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.... Read more

eminent domain
Posted on March 5, 2023 Litigation

Eminent Domain: Know Your Rights

Can the government take your land? Yes, they can – it’s a part of the 5th Amendment – as long as they pay just compensation... Read more

Posted on December 23, 2022 Litigation

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... Read more

Posted on November 15, 2022 Litigation

Belmora petition for rehearing en banc

The never-ending journey! Interesting issue here: Do federal courts borrow state statutes of limitation in Lanham Act cases, or only use them as a benchmark... Read more

Posted on July 19, 2022 Litigation

Patsy’s: Circuit Gently Pulls the Plug

Here (below) is something you don’t see every day. It’s a summary order [UPDATE: amended and corrected on August 18, 2021] in IOB Realty v.... Read more

Southern District of New York
Posted on July 11, 2022 Litigation

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... Read more

Posted on March 28, 2022 Litigation

Tanked?

Cartier sued Apple last week, and before I had a chance to figure it out, they either un-sued them or announced that they were about... Read more

Posted on January 28, 2022February 1, 2022 Litigation

Trial call

Unbelievable day at trial in the Designer Skin v. S&L case yesterday.  Maybe we’ll talk about it some day. Let’s see how today goes! Have... Read more

Posted on July 27, 2021 Litigation

The counterfeit lie

"Cops? Robbers? Stealing? I don't know much about trademarks, but I know about those things. Judgment for plaintiff." Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Litigation

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. Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021July 31, 2023 Litigation

Thank you for your loyalty

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... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Litigation

Please plead me

Everyone knows about copyright preemption.  How about trademarks?  Pamela Chestak has a great post that explains why yes one, and no the other. First, a... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Litigation

Going Wayback… and it’s out of here!

The TTABlog writes about a recent TTAB decision rejecting “Wayback Machine” data as evidence: The Board observed that the “Wayback Machine” suffers from a serious... 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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