Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
Copyright Law
Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual Rights Act, which–well, Lee says it very well himself, actually: Mass MoCA is the Massachusetts…
Evan Brown reports on a failed attempt to utilize the affirmative defense of “copyright misuse” as an independent cause of action. Originally posted 2011-12-05 10:40:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Fair Use
“Google makes money not by reason of the nature of the keyword, but by someone clicking on the keyword,” Google lawyer Alexandra Neri told a 15-judge panel of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg…
Use as a Trademark
Here’s the story: No. Whatever that is, “From the River to the Sea” is not a trademark. I explained in this video: John Welch has a recent post of significant relevance, too: I’ve discussed this…
Fair Use
Your blawger, he is conflicted. Part of me does not want to give the—ahem—geniuses behind the DUMB STARBUCKS stunt any more press, but the rest of me feels that you, our readers, deserve to know…
Copyright Law
Way back when the Google Books issue first burst forth, I expressed considerable skepticism that their plan to scan the universe of books and put it on line could be described as anything besides copyright…
False Advertising
Private-label branding is a huge topic, and a very interesting one. I wrote a huge post about it here, focusing on Hellman’s (or, for you westerners, Best Foods) mayonnaise lookalikes. The question is: How close…
Roundups
It’s a blog, and naturally we’re flattered to be linked. But boy, isn’t this a fairly scary prospect — IP law broken out by circuit? Come on, this supposed to be one nation, under McCarthy…
Copyright Termination
If you want to read an article about an important development in copyright news, but you don’t want to be distracted by a lot of “facts” and such, enjoy this piece in the New York…
Privacy
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 economic realities of our time, instead leaving that job to…
Humor
Instapundit is rife with gag guides to law school, and some serious ones, too. Been there. Done that — in this 1992 article called “Welcome to Lincoln Law” (in the old Student Lawyer magazine of the ABA…
The increasingly ubiquitous Marc Randazza pronounces, on the INTA list: In doing some research on the new Attorney General nominee, I discovered that he was the judge who penned the opinion in Tommy Hilfiger v….
Licensing
Only a real IP lawyer like Pamela Chestek can write about revoking an implied nonexclusive copyright license. And mean it. Originally posted 2011-03-24 17:58:18. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Domain Names
That’s one thing I learned at the New York Intellectual Property Law Association’s “Hot Topics in” all kinds of stuff CLE seminar last Wednesday, July 17th, from Marty Schwimmer. I learned other hot topic stuff…