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Category: Functionality and Trademarks

Posted on March 3, 2022 Functionality and Trademarks

Failure to …. whatever

“Failure to function as a trademark” is a favorite topic around here, and it’s getting more and more attention.  Except when it’s not. What am... Read more

Posted on March 13, 2020 Functionality and Trademarks

Ed T and the Trademark Dimensions

Explanatory introduction to a virtual guest post by Ed Timberlake: I say if it's yours and you post in on an embeddable platform, you've given... Read more

Posted on November 3, 2019November 6, 2019 Functionality and Trademarks

Garbagio trademarks: Top of the heap

There's still time to register for the "Failure to Function" #trademark panel in Boston on Nov. 5th! Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Functionality and Trademarks

Clearly Not a Trademark

The glass is half-empty for Pennzoil. John Ottaviani, guest-blogging on Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog, picked up a pretty interesting decision in the... Read more

Posted on September 20, 2019 Functionality and Trademarks

De gustibus non est disputandum

The question, per last fall’s story, was this: Can you establish trademark rights in a flavor?  The court said, unsurprisingly, “no.” As usual, I let... Read more

Posted on October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 Functionality and Trademarks

Shot with his own gun

Steve Baird: This isn’t the first time we’ve written about brand owners who shoot themselves in the foot with their advertising. And, I’m sure it... Read more

Posted on March 26, 2015March 27, 2015 Functionality and Trademarks

Functionality in trademark and patent law

What with all the hoopla over controversial and headline-making cases, it’s tempting sometimes to forget about the need to drill and to stay up to date... 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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