Grand Old Persecution
Paul Alan Levy sends this along: The latest abuse of trademark law to suppress discussion of topics of substantial public interest comes from not from... Read more
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Best of 2013: Arnold Palmer and the Perfect Brand
As seen in the Benny Goodman case in the TTAB, celebrity, brand power and trademark rights may outlive a celebrity’s peak performing years, but will bear fruit only... Read more
Justice Served Cold
When I was in law school, my trademark law seminar instructor was a practicing lawyer who has his share of war stories, some involving actual... Read more
Arnold Palmer and the Perfect Brand
As seen in the Benny Goodman case in the TTAB, celebrity, brand power and trademark rights may outlive a celebrity’s peak performing years, but will bear fruit only... 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
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
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
Not So Plain Dealing
Instapundit links to this teef-gnashing item from Michael Silence about this super-secret scandal, based on leaked documents, that the Cleveland Plain Dealer would for sure... Read more
Bringing big IP plaintiffs down a peg — or two
Mike Atkins is paying attention to Microsoft’s IP docket, as a Seattle Trademark Lawyer will do. He’s reporting about a default judgment and award the... Read more
My September 11th
This article was originally posted on in five installments on Dean’s World, and then lived on my old “other” blog, Likelihood of Success. I don’t remember... Read more
“Tolerated use”
Tim Wu (via Glenn Reynolds) says that we have to deal with the fuzzy logic of copyright enforcement in order properly to understand how copyright... Read more
A lawyer’s day
(This was originally posted on my old Likelihood of Success blog, which is no longer on line. — RDC) Shoe shine So far, so good.... Read more
Jews for Jesus Redux (or, the Second Filing)
Jews for Jesus sues Google over blog SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Christian evangelical group Jews for Jesus is suing Google Inc., saying a Web log... Read more
Twisn’t it rich
Here is the latest roundup of topical re-tweets that were tweeted to followers @roncoleman in the last week or so: @gfiremark New William Patry book... Read more