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Category: LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Posted on January 26, 2023 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Not Hiring, but…

I (in my role as head of a small law firm) do get a lot of letters and emails of inquiry. It’s interesting to see... Read more

Posted on December 20, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Evel meets West

Kanye West and Evel Knievel are going to mediation on this case. News reports are describing this as all but a settlement, but that seems... Read more

Posted on December 16, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

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

Posted on December 5, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Never on a Sunday

Maybe Google just couldn’t find this story on the Internet?  Uh… on little-known Interwebs site, Instapundit?: THE END OF OBJECTIVITY AT GOOGLE? “Google this week... Read more

Posted on November 30, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

How not to make money in telecom

A jury ordered Vonage to pay $58 million in a patent infringement case brought by Verizon. But that’s okay — Vonage already “reported a net... Read more

Michael N. Cohen, Trademark Attorney
Posted on November 29, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Beverly Hills TM Lawyer

For my money that can only mean Michael N. Cohen!  And now he has a blog, giving it away for free like the rest of... Read more

Posted on November 24, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Verizon: We got rights!

Instapundit:  “This is audacious lawyering.”  Best kind! Originally posted 2007-05-08 21:05:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on November 13, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Meet the Bloggers X

  No, LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® won’t be at The INTA this year and so I won’t be co-sponsoring Meet the Bloggers X.   Actually, the second... Read more

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Posted on November 6, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Heard in the tweetosphere

Microblogging is all the new thing. Here is some of the topical microblogging I’ve done lately: I like creative phrases like this and think it... Read more

Posted on November 3, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

More good publicity for the RIAA

It might not be true. But they don’t write these things about you and me. UPDATE:  It’s just not really going their way, mostly, is... Read more

Posted on October 30, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Selling counterfeit DVD’s on 34th Street

Selling counterfeit DVD’s on 34th Street Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman While the IP-equity lobbyists are appointing copyright czars and planning endless dragnets against college... Read more

Posted on October 18, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

All hail marks of Lennon!

Item: Yoko Ono Sues “Lennon” for Trademark Dilution. UPDATE: Somehow, you know, the Elvis Presley estate survived Elvis Costello! UPDATE:  Says the Widow Lennon:  Oh,... Read more

Posted on October 6, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

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

Likelihood of Confusion Blog
Posted on August 10, 2022November 24, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Tweets are microblogging.

As I have written so many times, what used to qualify as a “short post” back when the edgiest form of social media was blogging... 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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