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Posted on December 5, 2005February 6, 2008 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Blawg Review: Infamy, Praise, Several Butchers’ Aprons

The new Blawg Review is up at Colin Samuels’ Infamy or Praise. Colin explains the origin of his blog’s name — Dante’s Inferno, which is... Read more

Posted on November 21, 2005November 22, 2005 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Perpetual Patent Profits?

IPKat writes about that bane of patent examiners — or is it really just a study break for the nerdiest G-men? — perpetual motion machines.... Read more

Posted on November 14, 2005February 6, 2008 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Fair Use Still Breathing

The online New York Law Journal reports that the federal court in the Southern District of New York has ruled that a painter who produced... Read more

Posted on November 1, 2005November 1, 2005 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Alito on Free Speech

A 2001 Third Circuit opinion from Judge Alito supports even unpopular speech, even in schools: We . . . have found no categorical rule that... Read more

Posted on October 14, 2005October 14, 2005 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Trademarks Bring World Peace?

The online Prague Daily Monitor reports Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan told CTK that he is not opposed to Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek’s idea... Read more

Posted on September 2, 2005October 11, 2016 Copyright Law LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

American Graffiti

Graffiti: Art or crime? And by crime, I don’t mean mere vandalism. I mean criminally bad legal-decision-making. The New York Law Journal reports: On July... Read more

Posted on January 1, 2005December 30, 2014 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Strict construction

No, not more about that constitutional dustup at the Volokh Conspiracy. The delivery guys were supposed to be here yesterday with a blog roll and... 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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