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
Category: Section 2(a)
Thanks for listening, Ecuador!
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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
THE SLANTS trademark appeal: The other side
I posted the en banc Federal Circuit brief of Simon Tam for the Slants, and those of the amici curiae in his support shortly after... Read more
THE SLANTS — Federal Circuit brief
Originally posted 2014-04-22 21:57:06. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Formerly live, still video
Check out my boys John Connell and Joel MacMull on a “live” (well, it was live; now it’s un-alive) Facebook video talking about some darned... Read more
This is the last SLANTS song I’ll ever sing for you
For now. It was exciting last Friday, arguing the appeal of the THE SLANTS*, at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit! A little... Read more