
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
Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
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
Has it really been fifteen years since the Copyright Term Extension Act was signed into law? (It has. President Clinton signed the bill on October... Read more
First published August 16, 2013. Steve Baird — redoubtable Steve Baird — has a great post about a bunch of trademark business involving claims by... Read more
Michael Atkins, the estimable Seattle Trademark Lawyer (true, there are others!), writes on the subject both Matthew and I have written about at length here:... Read more
Steve Baird — redoubtable Steve Baird — has a great post about a bunch of trademark business involving claims by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton... Read more
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
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
We all knew this day would come, even if not everyone wanted it to: The sponsored top-level domain .xxx is up and running, although addresses... Read more
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
Last week we were talking about the issue of copyright morphing into trademark. Well, how about public domain morphing into copyright, and then trademark?... Read more
This morning I attended a breakfast seminar on insurance issues relating to technology, two areas of my interest and practice, sponsored by Lowenstein Sandler PC,... Read more
No, just the Ninth Circuit, in this case denying the appeal in the Winnie the Pooh litigation over the IP and licensing rights of the... Read more
September 19, 2006 Administrator for Trademark Identifications, Classifications and Practice Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1451 Re: Serial numbers 78614104, 78622413, 78622405,... Read more