Just what we choose it to mean
When trademark lawyers — much less judges — use a word, it means just what they choose it to mean — neither more nor less. […]
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Best of 2008: MasterCard card. Card card. Card.
Originally posted 2015-01-23 10:46:14. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted December 17th, 2008. A reader writes to New York Times Q&A guy Stuart Elliot with […]
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But it is the Dark Side? Or just plain old The Force?
Originally posted 2014-06-17 16:41:06. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEvan Brown: “Behold the power of in rem actions“: In rem actions over domain names are powerful […]
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Best of 2010: An opinion to Di for
Originally posted 2012-10-23 21:13:18. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on May 5, 2010. I do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there […]
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Tough McNuggets
Originally posted 2007-03-22 21:04:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJoe Gratz shares none of McDonald’s McPain over its efforts to get “McJob” out of the dictionary. […]
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But, of course
Originally posted 2014-05-05 09:15:43. Republished by Blog Post PromoterShoes are dropping all over Europe: L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics group, has launched legal action against […]
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The second time as farce
Originally posted 2010-07-15 08:25:39. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOn the occasion of the S&L Vitamins v. Australian Gold trial, I reposted what I wrote here […]
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THE SLANTS wins
Originally posted 2015-12-22 13:08:47. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIf you haven’t heard, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled and THE SLANTS […]
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Gibson argues for brand on the merits
Originally posted 2012-10-05 15:05:04. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSince the beginning I’ve been blogging about the attempts by Gibson and Fender, the makers of fine […]
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Booking.com and genericness
Originally posted 2019-12-03 12:55:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe U.S. Supreme Court announced earlier this month that it will hear the Booking.com trademark case in […]
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The Trademark Singularity: Part 2
If we learned anything in Tam, it is that the Register should not be an expression of value judgments. It is and should be a register (small s). Of trademarks.
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The Fourth Circuit goes One Worlder on us
Originally posted 2016-03-29 22:53:48. Republished by Blog Post PromoterQuestion: If Marty Schwimmer, John Welch, and LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® all agree on something — besides Meet […]
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American Red Cross lands right cross against J&J
Originally posted 2014-05-14 12:43:30. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJohnson & Johnson started it. The Red Cross wins it: A federal judge last night ruled against […]
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Trademark blogoids
Originally posted 2011-01-10 16:45:17. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBlogoids? Tablogs? It could happen! After all, look how we got the word “tabloid.” Did you ever […]
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