
Best of 2011: Dubious assignations
First published on March 8, 2011. Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature […]
Continue reading »Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
First published on March 8, 2011. Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature […]
Continue reading »Originally published on February 21, 2014. In October of 2013 I blogged here about my participation in a panel on “trademark misuse” at the annual […]
Continue reading »Shepard Fairey, he of the icon con, is about to be the other kind of con — the “vict” kind, as Jim Treacher explains: By […]
Continue reading »Eric Goldman has an interesting piece about an issue that has actually come up in my practice: Trademarks and tattoos, and specifically the concept of […]
Continue reading »Sometimes you just get to enjoy the view. Ain’t I an environmentalist too? Here, courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune, is nature at its vicious, and […]
Continue reading »In October of 2013 I blogged here about my participation in a panel on “trademark misuse” at the annual meeting of the AIPLA, where, among […]
Continue reading »As predicted in this space, Wired News reports that the publicity generated by Apple’s ham-fisted exile of a new book about Steve Jobs from its […]
Continue reading »Michael Atkins, that is. Well, that’s what Hendrix always sounded to me to be saying in “Purple Haze” [corrected! — RDC]. Anyway, Mike continues his dogged […]
Continue reading »A week or so ago it was the sad story of Jimi Hendrix on the bottle. Now the TTABlog reports on another famous-dead-guy-as-booze-trademark case: Applicant […]
Continue reading »As seen in the Benny Goodman case in the TTAB, celebrity, brand power and trademark rights may outlive a celebrity’s peak performing years, but will bear fruit only […]
Continue reading »Zorro first appeared in 1919. Naturally, Sony claims it owns him. (Is this a Sony company?) A little filmmaking outfit called Sobini begs to differ […]
Continue reading »First published on August 5, 2013. The signature of John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence is so famous that among Americans, the term “John Hancock” […]
Continue reading »First published on June 7, 2013. John Welch has posted a collection of “false connection” claims under Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. 1052(a)). […]
Continue reading »The signature of John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence is so famous that among Americans, the term “John Hancock” has become a synonym for “signature.” Virtually […]
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