Posner won’t butter up Dairy Maiden: In trademark dilution, fame isn’t everything (Best of 2016)
Originally published on March 6, 2016. There is a puzzling aspect to much of what emits from U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner, he of... Read more
Category: Trademark Dilution
Editor and Publisher: Stop the new trademark dilution bill
Steve Yahn at Editor and Publisher tries to stir up some interest in what should be — search-term advertising and other flavors of the month... Read more
Posner won’t butter up Dairy Maiden: In trademark dilution, fame isn’t everything
There is a puzzling aspect to much of what emits from U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner, he of the “strange new respect” earned on... Read more
Unlikely to confuse
Check out, and think about, this post by John Welch and, of course, the article he’s writing about, one of whose authors is Barton Beebe,... Read more
Best of 2009: Char’ed, I’m sure
First posted December 8, 2009. Poor Starbucks. So much trademark trouble they have! Other trouble, too. And now the people who gave you five-dollar coffee in... Read more
Giving up the Web
ClickZ News says lawyers are “Giving Up on Web Trademark Infringement”: “Trademark dilution is death by a thousand cuts,” said Joe Dreitler, partner at Frost... Read more
Best of 2013: ROLEX v. ROLL-X: Permanent vacation, and sideways vindication
First published February 6, 2013. The TTAB recently ruled, based on internal reasoning that is entirely justifiable, that if you can’t afford to litigate —... Read more
Bad for the Juice: The TTAB’s phantom tag
No, not that Juice. He’s got enough trouble already. (And no, not the Juice that has this guy all in a froth either.) I write, rather,... Read more
My Old Kentucky Ho
When you think of the term “the world’s largest whorehouse” — and who among us doesn’t? — do you think of Kentucky? I guess I... Read more
Louis Vuitton — the big IP player that keeps on giving
Ah hah! Two of my favorite subjects, like peanut butter and chocolate, in one candy bar: prof amici in @LouisVuitton case argue federal trademark dilution... Read more
Louis Vuitton — the big IP player that keeps on giving (Updated!) (Best of 2016)
First posted on September 9, 2016. Ah hah! Two of my favorite subjects, like peanut butter and chocolate, in one candy bar: prof amici in... Read more
Parlous times for trademark dilution
Another trademark dilution claim is sacked by a motion to dismiss in a California District Court. https://t.co/T0edk9ivx9 — Trademark Litigator (@ball_eric) October 6, 2016 Indeed.... Read more
ROLEX v. ROLL-X: Permanent vacation, and sideways vindication
The TTAB recently ruled, based on internal reasoning that is entirely justifiable, that if you can’t afford to litigate — as far as is necessary... Read more
Dilution, apres le deluge
Michael Atkins rounds up “How Courts Have Interpreted the Trademark Dilution Revision Act.” Better him than me, but we all win! Originally posted 2007-10-17 13:21:47.... Read more