Grand Old Persecution
Paul Alan Levy sends this along: The latest abuse of trademark law to suppress discussion of topics of substantial public interest comes from not from... Read more
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Best of 2013: Arnold Palmer and the Perfect Brand
[stextbox id=”alert”]First published November 11, 2013, this post is based in part on part of my contribution on trademark law and the right of publicity in... Read more
Justice Served Cold
When I was in law school, my trademark law seminar instructor was a practicing lawyer who has his share of war stories, some involving actual... Read more
Arnold Palmer and the Perfect Brand
[stextbox id=”alert”]This post is based in part on part of my contribution on trademark law and the right of publicity in the New York State Bar... Read more
Garbage in, garbage out
I moan constantly about Congress’s refusal to do its job and make policy decisions about trademark and copyright via legislation that reflect the technological and... Read more
More bad news for reporters seeking exemption from laws
The AP reports: A federal judge told two San Francisco Chronicle reporters they must comply with a subpoena and tell a grand jury who leaked... Read more
Nominative fair use: The Second Circuit names names
Nominative fair use — the “unauthorized” use of a trademark as a trademark specifically to invoke the trademark, as opposed to its “non-trademark” use to... Read more
Copyright Office: “Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence”
I’m just the messenger! This came out in the Federal Register on March 16, 2023: Read more
“Inside Straight” on blogging for lawyers
Some of my best (online-who-I-never-met-but-believe-me-they-have-your-back) friends among legal bloggers don’t believe in legal blogging at all. For example, Scott Greenfield both excels at it and... Read more
Confusion Dispelled
Last spring, I got a comment on the blog from a gentleman named Bunker Mulligan. I don’t get a lot of comments, which isn’t surprising;... Read more
Running on empty
Urk. Remember when we told you the GOP was getting lousy IP advice? It hasn’t gotten better: Singer, songwriter, liberal activist and now John McCain... Read more
Not So Plain Dealing
Instapundit links to this teef-gnashing item from Michael Silence about this super-secret scandal, based on leaked documents, that the Cleveland Plain Dealer would for sure... Read more
Bringing big IP plaintiffs down a peg — or two
Mike Atkins is paying attention to Microsoft’s IP docket, as a Seattle Trademark Lawyer will do. He’s reporting about a default judgment and award the... Read more
My September 11th
This article was originally posted on in five installments on Dean’s World, and then lived on my old “other” blog, Likelihood of Success. I don’t remember... Read more