Diluting dilution
Michael Atkins says, “Here we go again”: With the Northern District of California’s understandable decision this week in Phase Forward Inc. v. Adams (STL post... Read more
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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