No mark too unboxed to arm with a registration
What was the thinking on the "peripheral shape or border"? It is not that hard to imagine that the PTO wanted to keep color trademarks "in the box" Read more
Category: LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®
Top of the morning to ye!
And the rest of the Blawg Review for us! Originally posted 2007-10-01 22:39:48. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Cyber… what?
“Cyberproperty”? A dubious concept, the dubiousness now analyzed and developed theoretically in this article by Michael Carrier and Greg Lastowka, via Marty Schwimmer. Originally posted... Read more
Cafe-Oppress
Increasingly, meritless IP claims and spineless takedown policies (always a dangerous combination) are making a Cafe Press a battleground for political speech assassination. No, it’s... Read more
All hail marks of Lennon!
Item: Yoko Ono Sues “Lennon” for Trademark Dilution. UPDATE: Somehow, you know, the Elvis Presley estate survived Elvis Costello! UPDATE: Says the Widow Lennon: Oh,... Read more
Best of the best
QuizLaw publishes the best top-ten list of law blogs. Originally posted 2013-03-29 13:18:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
New LinkedIn group for law bloggers
Having recently had a pleasant experience beginning an alumni group on LinkedIn, we thought it might be a fun idea to have a group for... Read more
Selling counterfeit DVD’s on 34th Street
Selling counterfeit DVD’s on 34th Street Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman While the IP-equity lobbyists are appointing copyright czars and planning endless dragnets against college... Read more
Google tumult
I’ve been focusing on Google and its ersatz trademark policy, but meanwhile the Google copyright train — arguably the bigger story — has left the... Read more
Foley vs. Foley
Settlement, unfortunately, seems to be the sad outcome of what could have been a delightful bit of litigation: The Boston-based firm Foley Hoag sued Foley... Read more
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
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
DMCA: How not to use
Law firms are supposed to know this kind of thing, aren’t they? Originally posted 2013-04-11 17:39:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Returning balance to the IP equation
My article, “Trademark, Copyright, and the Internet: Time to Return Balance to Civil Litigation” in the August 31, 2010 edition of the Federalist Society’s Engage magazine is now... Read more