Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
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 […]
Originally posted 2015-02-11 22:00:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Hormel won’t give up. And neither will Spam Arrrest, LLC (which makes a great product I […]
Originally posted 2011-02-22 13:25:29. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWhat’s all this I hear about a trademark registration by Subway for FOOTLONG with respect to sandwiches? […]
Originally posted 2011-09-09 13:12:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia! It’s a serious condition, but… what about it? Techdirt explains: BoingBoing has the latest […]
Originally posted 2012-12-24 18:01:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe U.K. Register reports that what would appear to be a very late in the game attempt […]
Originally posted 2013-06-04 11:04:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe problem—as this blogger sees it—with most mass-media reports of court decisions is that they tell you […]
The New York Sun reports that New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority has filed to register the phrase “If You See Something, Say Something” — its […]
Originally posted on March 27, 2005. A report in the online Financial Express says that Nissan is suing Audi over “Q.” To wit: “We are […]
If you’re reading this, then the settlement check has cleared. But you’ll never believe who paid whom for what! My friend—whom I will call Bryan […]
Rely on a disclaimer to avoid likelihood of confusion? Fat chance. Take the Second Circuit’s decision in Weight Watchers International Inc. v. Luigino’s Inc., fresh […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Updated (see below) in September, 2011: Firefly Digital explains the vision behind their, um, trademarks — including the one they claim a little outfit called […]