This is ridiculous, isn’t it?
This… is ridiculous, isn't it? — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) December 13, 2019
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Yes, you can get your trademark judgment enforced in a foreign country!
Originally posted 2010-09-13 10:50:42. Republished by Blog Post PromoterUh, not really. Not in this lifetime. But you can get it enforced in Canada, which is […]
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Booking.com and genericness
The U.S. Supreme Court announced earlier this month that it will hear the Booking.com trademark case in the new year. Booking.com BV, owner of the […]
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Burying 2(a) at the CIPLA
Matal v. Tam was highly influential in the subsequent Supreme Court case Iancu v. Brunetti, which also overturned the provisions of the Lanham Act prohibiting the registration of “immoral” and “scandalous” trademarks on the same grounds. Mr. Coleman will speak about both of these cases, including his experience in the Tam case, and provide his insights regarding the future of registration of these types of controversial trademarks with the USPTO.
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Garbagio trademarks: Top of the heap
There’s still time to register for the “Failure to Function” #trademark panel in Boston on Nov. 5th!
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Don’t mutilate my mark!
Originally posted 2010-10-12 18:56:05. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJohn Welch treats us to another edition of “You Be the Judge” — well, he calls it […]
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Continue reading » Whitewashed
Originally posted 2010-04-12 18:58:43. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAm I missing something here? Did you know that the terms “Black Power,” “Black Supremacy,” and “La […]
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Best of 2006: “They’re stealing the language!”
Originally posted 2015-01-18 22:59:49. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst published March 20, 2006. Writes Boing-Boing: “Super-hero” isn’t Marvel’s property. They didn’t invent the term. They […]
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Best of 2012: Apostrophe now
Originally posted 2015-06-28 11:50:17. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published October 11, 2012. Via Courthouse News, a report of a trademark lawsuit that I’d think […]
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Gibson argues for brand on the merits
Originally posted 2012-10-05 15:05:04. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSince the beginning I’ve been blogging about the attempts by Gibson and Fender, the makers of fine […]
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He’s got the key
Originally posted 2014-03-12 15:58:34. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEric Goldman, author of one of the bona-fide-deserving, regularly updated, ABA-Blawg-100-listed and actually fairly indispensable Technology & Marketing Law Blog […]
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Continue reading » Google Takes Offense, Takes Offensive (for a change)
Originally posted 2013-08-20 13:18:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAccording to Search Engine Journal, perennial trademark infringement defendant Google has filed suit against Froogles.com, an online […]
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In a family way
Originally posted 2010-11-11 23:59:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI’ve written, as is my wont, at great length regarding my skepticism about the “family of trademarks” […]
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In which we blog on some other guy’s dice
Originally posted 2016-12-12 17:13:36. Republished by Blog Post Promoter What happens in Vegas stays in Albany, NY? #trademarks #hockey https://t.co/7ZVGBLJBto — Tiffany Valeriano (@trademarktiff) December […]
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