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Category: Secondary Liability

Secondary Trademark Infringement Book
Posted on December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 Secondary Liability

A Man, a Plan, a Telemarketing Scam

Dish Network v. Siddiqi: A Rare Case of Vicarious Trademark Infringement Vicarious trademark infringement cases such as the recently decided Dish Network v. Siddiqi are much less... Read more

Posted on November 1, 2017 Secondary Liability

Fallout from 9th Circuit’s “nuclear option” on cybersquatting secondary liability

Did the 9th Circuit’s opinion last week in Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com  (9th Cir. Dec. 4, 2013) really “kill” secondary liability for trademark infringement under the Anticybersquatting Consumer... Read more

Posted on September 18, 2017 Secondary Liability

Secondary trademark liability: Third party counterfeiting as proof of knowledge?

QUERY:  Are sales of counterfeit products other than those of the plaintiff valid proof of a defendant’s “knowledge” in a contributory trademark infringement case? That... Read more

Posted on March 29, 2016 Secondary Liability

Secondary trademark infringement: The whole of the law

Secondary Trademark Infringement — the website: This website is dedicated to an examination of the law of secondary liability for trademark infringement – the idea... Read more

Posted on February 9, 2016 Secondary Liability

Petroliam Nasional Berhard to SCOTUS: Gimme shelter

In December 2013 I wrote, mostly cribbing from Jane Coleman‘s commentary, about the very dubious Ninth Circuit decision in Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com (9th Cir.... Read more

John Welch of the TTABlog
Posted on December 15, 2015 Secondary Liability

Secondary liability; primary shelf

John Welch recommends Secondary Trademark Infringement, the recent Bloomberg BNA treatise,  via his TTABlog®: Jane Coleman’s online treatise has now evolved into a book published by... Read more

Posted on November 10, 2015 Secondary Liability

Indirect Liability and Grokster

This post on the Marginal Revolution blog (where this blog once advertised) links to (or tries to link to) an amicus brief filed by… a... Read more

Posted on August 10, 2015August 11, 2015 Secondary Liability

Contributory trademark infringement liability: Give it to me short

Last week LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® featured a guest post by Jane Coleman by way of the upcoming update to her book, Secondary Trademark Infringement.  It addressed the... Read more

Posted on September 5, 2014September 5, 2014 Secondary Liability

How the 9th Circuit drove secondary cybersquatting liability off the cliff

In December 2013 I wrote about and linked to the devastating critique by the diva of secondary trademark liability, Jane Coleman, of the Ninth Circuit’s decision... Read more

Posted on January 22, 2014June 20, 2014 Secondary Liability

Secondary Trademark Infringement: The Monograph

Now it’s out!  The book that transcends the Secondary Trademark Infringement website — itself now converted to a blog by Jane Coleman that will report... Read more

Posted on January 3, 2014 Secondary Liability

The eBay / trademark dance evolves

Years ago eBay was a problem for trademark owners, who were very exercised about what they regarded as a casual attitude toward the sales of... Read more

Posted on April 9, 2012April 12, 2012 Keyword Advertising Secondary Liability

Rosetta Stone v. Google: Schwimmer, Goldman, Levy intervene, 4th Circuit listens – UPDATED

The Rosetta Stone v. Google appeal:  Marty, Eric and Paul — listed in the caption as limited intervenors, but, really, the biggest sticks in the... Read more

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