Give the man credit
Judge Harold Baer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “home court” for LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®) has never been afraid to... Read more
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What “Beating Righthaven” means
Instapundit links to Donald Douglas’s blog post, Beating Righthaven. Excerpt: Righthaven files “no warning” lawsuits. That is, it gives no advance notification to defendants, which violates... Read more
Posner won’t butter up Dairy Maiden: In trademark dilution, fame isn’t everything (Best of 2016)
Originally published on March 6, 2016. There is a puzzling aspect to much of what emits from U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner, he of... Read more
Poor eBay!
News item: eBay Beats The Street; Revenue Up 16 Percent To $2.5B; Net Income Up 12 Percent eBay just reported first quarter earnings today posting revenue of... Read more
The Lanham Act’s surprising penumbras
Here I thought I understood something about the Lanham Act. But wait, there’s more! Did you know this?: The purpose of the Lanham Act is to... Read more
McCarthy speaks
This is really something! I always knew John Welch was the definitive resource online, and then some, for what’s going on at the Trademark Trials... Read more
No one blinks
Reuters reports that the Tiffany trademark suit against eBay is really going to trial. Really! I am sure no one expected this. I certainly didn’t.... Read more
Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due
[stextbox id=”info”]This is an adaptation of a summary and analysis of the recent decision in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline Processing Corp., 2010 WL 2541367... Read more
Tide, logic turn on eBay counterfeit cases
Choose the quote that was actually attributed to a leading business magazine: “Ford shoulders too much of the burden, its ability to wring a profit... Read more
Posner won’t butter up Dairy Maiden: In trademark dilution, fame isn’t everything
There is a puzzling aspect to much of what emits from U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner, he of the “strange new respect” earned on... Read more
Jane Coleman’s “Secondary Trademark Infringement”: Update for 2011-12
It’s here! Jane Coleman on Secondary Trademark Infringement, the free (for now) online (for now) treatise has been updated for the coming year. Whereas last... Read more
Secondary Trademark Infringement treatise updated for 2010-11
From the Overview to the update of Secondary Trademark Infringement by Jane Coleman, which is now complete: Of all the contexts in which secondary liability has... Read more
Costco neko wo kamu
If Tiffany was miffed at Costco before, it’s positively infuriated now. You will recall that on February 14[, 2013] the high-end jeweler Tiffany & Co.... Read more
Best of 2011: Poor eBay!
First posted April 27, 2011.News item: eBay Beats The Street; Revenue Up 16 Percent To $2.5B; Net Income Up 12 Percent eBay just reported first quarter... Read more