Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
Counterfeiting & Piracy
The Denver Post reports a very interesting, and for trademark plaintiffs very troubling, decision that the Supreme Court has refused to review. It has to do with one of the standard criteria for the granting…
Brand Management and Branding
I’ve written before about the odd cultural juxtaposition of McDonald’s and the Muslim world. It turns out I don’t know the half of it! Now McDonald’s has lost its effort to extend its monopoly of “Mc”-family…
This Copywrite blog is really good. Originally posted 2009-12-22 17:19:47. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®
We should reject calls to destroy the “anti-democratic” Electoral College and Senate.
Domain Names
First posted on August 18, 2016. Is reselling domain names a violation of the UDRP? At his blog, Gerald “Mr. UDRP” Levine lays out the question, and then answers it plain and simple (emphasis mine):…
Likelihood of Confusion
Letters, we get letters. Sometimes people just want to share their trademark woes with me. Sometimes they want free advice, or cheap advice, or just a broad, powerful if round trademarky shoulder to cry on….
Roundups
Blawg Review #209 is a quirky tribute to a great American. Originally posted 2012-06-11 19:57:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Evan Brown reports on a case that suggest that yes, there is. Good thing, too, considering the damage one case and one determined judge can do … Originally posted 2012-10-31 19:16:17. Republished by Blog Post…
Copyright Law
I, Matthew David Brozik, your dedicated lieutenant blawger, have written a novel. Actually, I’ve written three. And, also, this one—Taking Ivy Seriously—is really a novella, as it weighs in at 42,000 words… but I selected…
Fashion Law
Will there be beautiful people? Please, darling! It’s the Fashion Law Institute!
Trademarks and trademark law
[stextbox id=”alert”]This is a summary and analysis of the recent (August 2, 2010) decision in Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google Inc., 2010 WL 3063152 (E.D. Va.). The case has been added to Jane Coleman‘s highly-praised online…
Brand Management and Branding
The AP reports that Disney could have some IP issues in a jurisdiction where, regrettably, I am not licensed to practice. Or to breathe: Hamas militants have suspended a TV program that featured a Mickey…
Perfect discrimination is every seller’s dream. The Internet at once promises to make that dream reality and yet provides consumers with the range of choice and potential transparency of the sell side that can maximize…
Sports Law
I contributed a chapter called “How Trademark Protection Intersects with the Athlete’s Right of Publicity” in a new book called In the Arena: A Sports Law Handbook. Its publication, in true bar association fashion, was secretly announced…