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
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When Dot Com really can make a trademark
In an important new ruling, Booking.com B.V. v. Matal, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia — on an appeal from the PTO under... Read more
Bittersweet: Hershey bars all comers
As if on cue (they read this blog, right?), long-time trademark bully Hershey continues its aggressive brand — and whatever — protection efforts: Hershey Entertainment... Read more
Nominative fair use: The Second Circuit names names
Nominative fair — the “unauthorized” use of a trademark as a trademark specifically to invoke the trademark, as opposed to its “non-trademark” use to describe the... Read more
The Fourth Circuit goes One Worlder on us
Question: If Marty Schwimmer, John Welch, and LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® all agree on something — besides Meet the Bloggers — how could it be wrong?... Read more
Confusion Dispelled
Originally posted in September 2005. Minor edits made in September 2012. In the spring of 2005, I got a comment on the blog from... 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
Blawg Review #325.10
Welcome to Blawg Review #325 — 325-and-a-tenth, to be exact. Presumably you got here from here. So it is, so it is. Let’s review. Dennis... Read more
Birthday Marty
John Welch: Marty Schwimmer’s Trademark Blog turns six years old this month. Marty is the grandfather of trademark blogging. I’m not sure who the grandmother... Read more
Oy, Tenenbaum
A while ago I wrote a little piece linking to Doug Lichtman’s exploration of the Tenenbaum copyright case, which Harvard law professor Charles Nesson said would be... Read more
When Dot Com really can make a trademark (Best of 2017)
Originally posted on September 8, 2017.In an important new ruling, Booking.com B.V. v. Matal, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia — on an... Read more
King Kong meets Godzilla
Via Drudge — FT.com unleases a whopper: Microsoft on Tuesday launches a fierce attack on Google over its “cavalier” approach to copyright, accusing the internet... Read more
Floyd Abrams loses another one: No privilege for reporters’ phone records
We’ve never been big fans of the “press shield,” and I say that because I like the First Amendment. I just wish Floyd Abrams would... Read more
Ten years of CONFUSION
I had grand plans, in my head, for this post noting the tenth anniversary (I think people stopped saying “blogiversary,” thankfully) of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®.... Read more