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Category: Trademarks and trademark law

Posted on April 15, 2013 Counterfeiting & Piracy Trademarks and trademark law

Gibson continues its IP-based business plan

“You’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to law!” Well, that’s what the song always sounded like to  me.  When you’re a hammer… (and... Read more

Posted on March 29, 2013 Stealing the Language

Clever slogan, yes. Trademark, no.

Despite the impression you might get around here, being a big company doesn’t mean you have to always be wrong — or even always be... Read more

Posted on March 25, 2013 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Give it a rest!

John Welch reports on a case involving the would-be registration for IRESTMYCASE.COM, an attorney’s website, wherein the TTAB reminds us that a URL (website address)... Read more

Posted on January 8, 2013 Trademarks and trademark law

Don’t bother, they’re here

President Obama is suffering from the right-of-publicity blues again.  And now maybe we understand why he wants an intellectual property anti-counterfeiting lawyer on the Supreme... Read more

Posted on December 30, 2012January 8, 2013 Likelihood of Confusion

TK-Oh for Anhauser-Busch, Bacardi

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

Posted on December 27, 2012 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2010: Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due

First posted July 12, 2010. The essential role played by credit card companies in online trademark infringement was recognized in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline... Read more

Posted on December 10, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce

The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much this time.  Rather, it’s the question of the... Read more

Posted on December 8, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

Heartbreaking

I’ve expressed my opinion here about the piggish IP grabbing by Big College Sports.  So I enjoyed this from Mark Malek: This is an update... Read more

Posted on November 28, 2012December 4, 2012 Genericness and Trademarks

Frizzled trademark in Korea

The Seoul Central District Court rules that the trademark “The Magic School Bus” of SCHOLASTIC INC. in America is different from “School Bus” of DAE... Read more

Posted on November 20, 2012December 4, 2012 TTAB Practice

Best of 2008: “‘Scandalousness’ Remains a Lightning Rod at the TTAB'” (September)

This was posted on September 24, 2008: John Welch reports on an interesting, not quite safe for home viewing case called Boston Red Sox Baseball... Read more

Posted on November 13, 2012 Stealing the Language

Shot to Dell

Dell’s CLOUD COMPUTING trademark application has gone up in a vapory mass of smoke: Dell cannot register “cloud computing” as a trademark because the term... Read more

Posted on September 4, 2012March 6, 2015 Trademarks and trademark law

Trademarks in their entirety

It is a well-known axiom that when considering the validity or infringement of a trademark, it is to be considered in its entirety — not... Read more

Posted on June 26, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

March Madness

Get the story here. Read more

Posted on June 21, 2012 Copyright Law Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2009: “Intellectual property and its digestion”

This was first posted on February 20, 2009: Back and forth in in social networking space — once Facebook, I digest some key ingredients of... Read more

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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