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Category: Trademarks and trademark law

Among the Bullrushes by Joan Miro
Posted on May 22, 2012 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Art for IP’s sake

Or, rather, the opposite: Wendy Seltzer reports that a modified Google logo posted on April 20th, in the style of a Joan Miro painting and... Read more

Posted on April 29, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

Keyword advertising law à la française

Google wins! LVMH wins! Only it’s the same case.  And they’re on opposite sides. Is this as Euro-law thing?  Something particularly Frankish? No, it’s an... Read more

Posted on March 29, 2012April 4, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

Get out of jail, postage due

Bob Ambrogi reports on some cease-and-desist follies involving GET OUT OF JAIL FREE and Mr. Monopoly, which of course are the intellectual property of the... Read more

Posted on February 21, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

It’s that time of day

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.  Duets Blog reports on an all-too rare occurrence in an item entitled, just a bit too... Read more

Posted on January 31, 2012November 15, 2013 Likelihood of Confusion

Char’ed, I’m sure (updated, again, November 2013)

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

Posted on January 25, 2012January 27, 2012 False Advertising

Survey says….

Here’s a very good article by Arnold & Porter’s Randy Miller, strictly for trademark lawyers and those who encamp around them, on the Advertising Compliance website... Read more

Posted on January 20, 2012 Genericness and Trademarks

More on the SUPER HEROES®

Attorney Brian Cronin opines on the topic of the SUPER HEROES trademark for The Comic Wire. Read more

Posted on December 27, 2011 Stealing the Language

Best of 2011: Golden Nugget: Request for proposal

Originally posted July 26, 2011. I’m requesting that the Golden Nugget casino accept a proposal from me — I want to handle their cost-effectiveness-be-damned domain... Read more

Posted on November 13, 2011 Trademarks and trademark law

Creeping famous-mark-ism

The TTABlog comments on a TTAB decision finding, not surprisingly, that two similar looking trademarks are likely to be confused, but raises a key point... Read more

Posted on October 31, 2011 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Kinder-finished

The Kinderstart lawsuit over Google search engine placement has been dismissed, with leave granted to amend. Read more

Posted on October 12, 2011December 28, 2014 Trademarks and trademark law

Hold the center!

John Thomas at the Pittsburgh IP Law Blog picks up on an interesting phenomenon concerning center-centric trademark registration applications: If the mark you are trying... Read more

Posted on October 6, 2011 Fair Use Free Expression Internet Law Politics Trademarks and trademark law

Google using trademark policy to shield MoveOn?

(UPDATED, revised). That’s what Bob Cox is reporting in this story in the Examiner; more here. Google said it would not run anti-MoveOn ads because... Read more

Posted on September 27, 2011September 27, 2011 Stealing the Language

Gadget goes gonzo

Updated (see below) in September, 2011: Firefly Digital explains the vision behind their, um, trademarks — including the one they claim a little outfit called... Read more

Posted on August 26, 2011 Trademarks and trademark law

Fair use is for “E”veryone

The IP Rights and Games blog gets my attention with a little proprietary link-and-wink (are we becoming the “brand” for LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION?! I sure... Read more

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