43(a)? It’s not for me to say
I’m kind of tired of In re Tam also. But I have been a bit surprised that there has not been a more discussion, or... Read more
Category: Section 2(a)
The ACLU’s strange bedfellows
Here’s some news: The American Civil Liberties Union says the Redskins are wrong, damned wrong — but they’ve got every right in the world to... Read more
Redskins redux 2
I didn’t have a chance to mention that last month, the order denying the legal challenge to the Washington Redskin’s use of its trademark American... Read more
The only unmentionable trademark?
We alluded to this story in an earlier post. Evidently Daman Wayans’s attempt to file a trademark application for the word “Nigga” continues to hit... Read more
Thanks for listening, Ecuador!
That’s it. That’s the post. Read more
THE SLANTS trademark: The CAFC reply brief
If you’re following the excitement, you’ve already bookmarked and, presumably, shared with all your friends our initial Federal Circuit brief filed in support of the... Read more
Immoral, scandalous and obsolete
"Trademarks" today are foisted on everyone, everywhere, all the time Read more
Not safe for home
Boing Boing reports on a topic that is an old favorite here: The seemingly-dormant “obscene and scandalous” bar to trademark registration. Here’s one that didn’t... Read more
Today: ABA CLE Webinar on Disparaging Trademark Rejections at the PTO
Hurry up and register for this webinar , in which LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® (that’s me) will be participating as comic relief, on the topic of the... Read more
Free speech about trademarks and free speech
Speech about trademarks, trademark registrations and free speech have bubbled so verily to the top of the public imagination that it’s all over the official organ... Read more
Cigar-store repentance
< No one reading @likely2confuse in those days — it was a brand-new blog — and I did not anticipate that some day maybe a... Read more
Not sweet enough
Surprising, really, that it took this long: “We recognize Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype.” Aunt Jemima character and brand name being... Read more
The Redskins appeal brief in Pro-Football v. Blackhorse
Originally posted 2015-10-31 20:54:47. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Response of Simon Shiao Tam to the Government’s Request for Certiorari in Lee v. Tam
Originally posted 2016-06-20 13:12:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more