Branding in the “Wild East”
[stextbox id=”info”]China beguiles. If it’s not one thing with those guys, it’s another. If it’s not fake Apple stores, it’s fake IKEA stores: It seems... Read more
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ReDigi Redux: A Decision in Two Dialogues
There is a case so plainly inappropriate for a fair use defense, and this is that case. Read more
Okay, some patent stories are good
Unlike some lawyers’ sense of judgment, or proofreading ability. From a pending patent application: What will forevermore be known as the infamous Claim Number Nine:... Read more
E-parasites: The irony abounds
And the metaphors mix, as you’ll see, but what better on a Halloween night where half the lights in the neighborhood are out for real?... Read more
Norman Blagman Versus the Whole Digital Music Industry: Round 1 to Blagman.
I can’t write a better introductory sentence than Judge Andrew Carter of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York did... Read more
On the tweet where you live
Here are some topical highlights of the wisdom I have distributed in the last month or so to the madding crowd following me down my... Read more
The law on initial interest confusion: Interestingly confusing
Oh joy, 9th Cir. embraces initial interest confusion again http://t.co/3Zaqg3DuQd Bad ruling over Amazon’s internal search. I’ll blog soon — Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman) July 6,... Read more
Design patents at the Supreme Court: A picture is worth…
D 593,087 FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS…Or maybe the three pictures on this page are worth that much? ... Read more
EMI Dumps Copy Protection
Item: EMI will be distributing DRM-free music through Apple’s iTunes store. That is so cute. 😉 UPDATE: Well, whatever. Originally posted 2007-04-02 18:21:16. Republished by... Read more
Other People’s Information Doesn’t Want to be Free
Last night Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg ruled in the Apple case that “reporters who published ‘stolen property’ weren’t entitled to protections. ” B-b-b-b-b-b-but... Read more
Great minds moji alike?
Last September I wrote the following in a letter to a client that asked whether it could use emojis from Apple’s character set in certain... Read more
A certain NFL team is on the warpath
Sorry about the pun — but then again, I’m not the PTO; then again, too, my attitude toward “scandalous and offensive” ethnic marks is different... Read more
Foiled again
The TTABlog mourns the sporting demise of the Chicago Cubs’ season, alluding to the “curse of the Billy Goat”: Now, I’m not sure I follow... Read more
Best of 2012: Cole Haan’s and the MTA’s subway trademark stories
First posted April 16, 2012. I’ve been following the IP obsession of New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority for a while now, including past efforts to... Read more