
Best of 2012: Apostrophe now
Originally published October 11, 2012. Via Courthouse News, a report of a trademark lawsuit that I’d think was merely “apostrophal” if not for the fact... Read more
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
Originally published October 11, 2012. Via Courthouse News, a report of a trademark lawsuit that I’d think was merely “apostrophal” if not for the fact... Read more
First posted on July 15, 2011. Letters, we get letters. Sometimes people just want to share their trademark woes with me. Sometimes they want free... Read more
Sad, bad and not unexpected news via the Cert Pool Blog: There will be no Supreme Court review of Multi Time Machine, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.,... Read more
Everyone knows that distinctiveness can be inherent or acquired, and that some kinds of trademarks — product-configuration trade dress, notably — can “never” be inherently... Read more
Jeremy Phillips reports on some “thought I’d seen it all” hijinx from the renowned European Court of F’rinstance: Although [the IPKat] e is generally reluctant to... Read more
(I have excised this from the larger omnibus posting below and added to it.) A woman named Samantha Buck tried to parlay the coincidence of... Read more
Steve Baird says initial interest confusion is “the real thing” and in the process seeks to “add life” to Professor McCarthy’s famous “evil highway road sign”... Read more
Popular Mechanics reports: “We were there first — by 10 years. Now I see a potential re-branding that could take years to complete,” says Universal... Read more
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Originally published on March 5, 2013. Anonymous online comments as proof of a LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION at the preliminary injunction stage? Evan Brown explains: In a... Read more
Via Courthouse News, a report of a trademark lawsuit that I’d think were merely “apostrophal” if not for the fact that that august publication says it’s... Read more
This explains why it’s so hard for the rest of us to get legal work from Chase. Read more
The New York Law Journal (sub. req.) reports on a big decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals: The U.S. Court of Appeals for... Read more
Updated version of the post first found here on December 8, 2009. Poor Starbucks. So much trademark trouble they have! Other trouble, too. And now... Read more