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Category: Likelihood of Confusion

Posted on January 28, 2023 Likelihood of Confusion

If infringement falls in a forest….

Can there be “infringement” of a trademark without confusion? As she is so apt to do, and to do so well, Pamela Chestek asks that... Read more

Posted on January 4, 2023 Likelihood of Confusion

Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law: Richard Kirkpatrick wrote the book (again)

[Revised — RDC.] Congratulations to Richard K. Kirkpatrick of Pilsbury Winthrop, who has — through the Practising Law Institute — has come out with the... Read more

Posted on September 17, 2022September 20, 2022 Likelihood of Confusion

PissedConsumer.com: Ascentive v. Opinion Corp.

I try to tread lightly with respect to blogging about cases I’m involved with, but there’s not much question that the December 13, 2011 Eastern... Read more

Posted on September 4, 2022September 8, 2022 Likelihood of Confusion

INTA on Initial Interest Confusion

The work of my INTA subcommittee, on an issue raised by me (and followed through on mostly by others): INTA – Initial Interest Confusion September... Read more

Posted on February 24, 2022 Likelihood of Confusion

B&B Hardware: The TTAB, the trademark bloggers and the likelihood of preclusion (Updated)

A trademark case involving LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION (the legal thing, not the fun blog) got unusual Supreme Court attention last week, as you doubtless know by... Read more

Posted on October 16, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

Yelp for evidence

Anonymous online comments as proof of a LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION at the preliminary injunction stage? Evan Brown explains: In a trademark case between competing health clubs,... Read more

Posted on July 15, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

Candy-coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize! That’s what you get from —

Roller derby! Quinn Heraty reports on the trademark battle to make us forget SPAM v. Spamarrest — the CRACKERJACK derby: Frito-Lay has filed an opposition... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

Upper crust – the POCKET SANDWICHES croissants saga (Part 1 of 2)

Letters, we get letters. Sometimes people just want to share their trademark woes with me.  Sometimes they want free advice, or cheap advice, or just... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

What a Croc!

I don’t report on every dumb trademark lawsuit, because the really goofy ones involving famous companies usually end up getting mainstream press and big-time blog... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

B&B Hardware: Beyond Nuts and Bolts

I’d promised I’d wait on this, but I couldn’t, and you’ll see why.  Here’s my take on today’s Supreme Court decision in B&B Hardware v. Hargis... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

The law on initial interest confusion: Interestingly confusing

Oh joy, 9th Cir. embraces initial interest confusion again http://t.co/3Zaqg3DuQd Bad ruling over Amazon’s internal search. I’ll blog soon — Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman) July 6,... Read more

Posted on May 25, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

The Second Circuit’s Jaw Drops…

When a court observes that “the logos employed in Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s marks are jaw-droppingly similar—nearly identical not only in conception but also… in the... Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021May 28, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

Judge: Test is likelihood of confusion, not mere use, not initial interest

From the New York Law Journal (subscription required): A federal judge has refused to grant a preliminary injunction against a restaurant workers’ group that used... Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

Trademark, trademark, trademark!

In February, 2011 I wrote about Trademark™, a design studio with the domain name www.trademark-trademark.com.  I was looking to refer back to that post because I wanted... Read more

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