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Posted on May 12, 2022May 17, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

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Posted on April 28, 2022May 12, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

A free market moment

Stephen Laniel finds, in trademark law, reason not to throw the whole thing over: The public-health justification for trademark law is pretty clear: if the... Read more

Posted on April 27, 2022May 12, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Bull market

Are trademark filings really an economic indicator?  This is from the Philadelphia Inquirer (via David Ardia, who cites Marty.) Glenn Gundersen . . . [a] trademark and copyright lawyer at... Read more

Posted on April 22, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Bad career planning, email department

What do they say about the guys who talk about doing it the most? Well, we might need a new rule for guys who email... Read more

Posted on April 21, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Eating my words

I do it sometimes. In my case, they’re particularly tasty, and sometimes even tasteful. Definitely not tasteful, not tasty — not even edible, if “kosher”... Read more

Posted on April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Shopify: “Empowering independent business owners everywhere”

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Posted on April 9, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

It’s not a trademark just because it’s yours

Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log reports on a decision in a case called Trott’s Woodproducts, Inc. v. American Cabinet Doors & More, Inc., 2007 WL 625920 (W.D.... Read more

Posted on April 7, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Take a letter and get in line

John Berryhill: A recurring discussion within certain circles over the years has been the potential assignment of single character domain names in the generic top-level... Read more

Posted on April 5, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Stolen post.

Is Counterfeit Chic the best soft IP blog out there? It might be. Susan Scafidi blows me away, and this post — nicked per her... Read more

Posted on April 4, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Wired for trouble

Via Twitter: I’m a trademark attorney and @WIRED absolutely has a claim for trademark infringement here. They registered the name in 1994, filed in 1992.... Read more

Posted on March 19, 2022March 23, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Gotta get a Round Tuit

Colin Samuels’s Infamy or Praise posts its unofficial Blawg Review, Number 23 in the “Round Tuit” series.  So you go right over there are read it.... Read more

Posted on March 16, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

There are no bad patents.

Only bad PTO examiners? Okay, in any event, here’s the obligatory link to Wired magazine’s “Patently Bad Ideas,” via Boing Boing. Originally posted 2007-04-24 12:12:17.... Read more

Posted on February 18, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

tmbrandingcap.com

New IP blog:  Put on your Branding Cap. Originally posted 2012-03-12 15:41:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on February 9, 2022February 18, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Blogi-what?

Usually around this time of year LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® remarks on its “blogiversary,” the story of which is not at all tiresomely set out somewhere... 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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