TTABlog lives it
The Patent and Trademark Office has denied reconsideration of its denial of John Welch’s application for a registration for TTABLOG. John has appealed — to... Read more
Category: LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®
Where was LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION?
City walls including David’s Tower and the Valley of Hinnom, from Jaffa Gate Originally uploaded by Likelihood of Confusion. I was in Israel last week.... Read more
Sea change on web-based contract amendments
The Ninth Circuit sounds really right on this: Service providers should not be able to change their terms of service arbitrarily without notifying their registered... Read more
A new wrinkle in Internet privacy
The Alex Kozinski dustup has everyone clucking his tongue over the seemingly inevitable march toward realization of the dictum that there is no expectation of... Read more
Beware the Ides of December!
Or Beethoven’s birthday — either way, this is the time of year when, without prejudice to new posts that may bubble to the surface as... Read more
Hollywood writers protest website: “Joke.”
Michael Atkins weighs in authoritatively on the striking writers’ protest web site: Parody and free speech all the way. Obviously he does not rule like... Read more
OFF TOPIC: Funny sportswriting from Slate
Michael Crowley wrties: Compounding it all is the bizarre judgment of GM Isiah Thomas, whose acquisition of Francis almost seemed like a prank–the work of... Read more
Knockoff News 51
Counterfeit Chic doesn’t miss a beat! Originally posted 2007-02-27 20:03:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Update on proposed New York anti-law-blog bill
Today’s New York Law Journal has an article on the proposed new regulations that would destroy the use of the Internet by lawyers, stating that... Read more
A Wolf by any other name
When you think of the juxtaposition of restaurants you probably can’t afford to eat in and men whose name should remind you of Mozart but... Read more
Snort that ‘za
“Opinion polls show that many consumers in Lithuania identify the pleasure of eating pizza with our trademark,” said Mindaugas Gumauskas, marketing director of the Cilija... Read more
Judge: New York Times reporter waived press shield privilege
The New York Law Journal reports (subscription required): A New York Times reporter must testify in an emotional-distress case regarding an interview he conducted with... Read more
A shanda all around
We reported the Woody Allen right-o-publicity lawsuit arising from “that billboard” when it was filed in April. This billboard: Yeah, oy. And now, it’s settled,... Read more
ColemanNation of a dream
Yes, you can now get all the ColemanNation podcasts on YouTube! But you have to want to. Read more