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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 24, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Tech Law Advisor Reviews the Blawgs

Tech Law Advisor hosts the Blawg Review this week, and being a tech guy, tries something technologically different: Welcome to Blawg Review Live – a... Read more

Posted on October 22, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Blogocracy

Today’s top story for blog-navel-gazers: CURRIE FOR CONGRESS: REPRESENTATIVE WATERS HAS FRIENDS IN AL JEZEERAH. Per Dean Esmay, one of the ‘sphere’s favorite milibloggers wants... Read more

Posted on October 20, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

TTABlog lives it

The Patent and Trademark Office has denied reconsideration of its denial of John Welch’s application for a registration for TTABLOG. John has appealed — to... Read more

Posted on October 14, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Where was LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION?

City walls including David’s Tower and the Valley of Hinnom, from Jaffa Gate Originally uploaded by Likelihood of Confusion. I was in Israel last week.... Read more

Posted on October 12, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Sea change on web-based contract amendments

The Ninth Circuit sounds really right on this: Service providers should not be able to change their terms of service arbitrarily without notifying their registered... Read more

Posted on October 11, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

A new wrinkle in Internet privacy

The Alex Kozinski dustup has everyone clucking his tongue over the seemingly inevitable march toward realization of the dictum that there is no expectation of... Read more

Posted on September 29, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Hollywood writers protest website: “Joke.”

Michael Atkins weighs in authoritatively on the striking writers’ protest web site:  Parody and free speech all the way.  Obviously he does not rule like... Read more

Posted on September 28, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

OFF TOPIC: Funny sportswriting from Slate

Michael Crowley wrties: Compounding it all is the bizarre judgment of GM Isiah Thomas, whose acquisition of Francis almost seemed like a prank–the work of... Read more

Posted on September 26, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Knockoff News 51

Counterfeit Chic doesn’t miss a beat! Originally posted 2007-02-27 20:03:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on September 19, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Update on proposed New York anti-law-blog bill

Today’s New York Law Journal has an article on the proposed new regulations that would destroy the use of the Internet by lawyers, stating that... Read more

Posted on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

A Wolf by any other name

When you think of the juxtaposition of restaurants you probably can’t afford to eat in and men whose name should remind you of Mozart but... Read more

Posted on September 7, 2021September 9, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Snort that ‘za

“Opinion polls show that many consumers in Lithuania identify the pleasure of eating pizza with our trademark,” said Mindaugas Gumauskas, marketing director of the Cilija... 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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