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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

Posted on January 11, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Mimeograph Me

The online edition (free registration required) of the Times Herald-Record, “serving New York’s Hudson Valley and the Catskills,” reports about a blogger suit brought back... Read more

Posted on January 10, 2022January 12, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

The Tiffany trial

Sharmil McKee has the latest on the Tiffany v. eBay trial: The closing arguments concluded on Tuesday, 11/20 after a week-long bench trial. The judge... Read more

Posted on December 30, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Ha, ha. Hey kids!

M-I-C — Cease and desist! K-E-Y — Why?  Because we caught you! M-O-U-S-EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Originally posted 2009-02-12 21:54:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on December 25, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

The 2006 Weblog Awards: Best Law Blog

Vote here if you like that sort of thing! LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION? Ah. Yes. Well. Uh, no, we’re not nominated. But it’s an honor just... Read more

Posted on December 24, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Lots of law

Via Boing Boing, what seems like a significant announcement for lawyers and other living things not employed by large firms: Public.Resource.Org and Fastcase, Inc. announced... Read more

Posted on December 14, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

The old IP/antitrust axis, revived

Michael Atkins examines a recent decision addressing the possibility of “restraint of trade by trademark.” The supposed nexus of antitrust and intellectual property always takes... Read more

Posted on December 9, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Pod people pursued

Apple wants all the “-pod” trademark territory for itself. Actually, contrary to the ZDNet article and my own usually liberal opinions on this sort of... Read more

Posted on December 8, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Weblog awards

We never win, so it’s not about that.  The reason must be because we write about sub-niche topics here which for some reason not everyone... Read more

Posted on November 23, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Open Source — Yes, There’s Room to Debate

If you’re lucky enough to be anywhere near Palo Alto on Thursday, you might want to check out this Open Source Debate being sponsored by... Read more

Posted on November 21, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Facebook in your soup?

Eric Goldman makes an interesting point about too-clever-by-half lawyering (“what the hell, let’s throw everyone in”) that’s actually pretty stupid.  I’ve highlighted that point at... Read more

Posted on November 6, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Anti-lawyer / doc gripe sites: More information, not regulation

Julie Hilden considers the legality of “Web ‘Blacklists’ at FindLaw: With the chance of misinterpreting information considerable, why not regulate – or even ban –... Read more

Posted on October 25, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Vo-do-de-o

The Trademark Blog reports on the dispute between ICED VOVO v ICED DOUGH VO. The song is here.  Just try to stay in your seat!... 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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