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Brand Management and Branding

Apple: Cult or mental thing?

Ron Coleman Dec 13, 2012 0 Comments

Is Apple a cult? Of course it is! I once met someone who explained why-not-an-iPhone (and why an Android phone, which, as it happened, is how LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® rolls…

Enforcement

Branding in the “Wild East”

Paul Jones Aug 16, 2011 6 Comments

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 that Kunming in the southwest corner…

Brand Management and Branding

Confusion is one thing…

Ron Coleman Jun 5, 2011 1 Comments

But this is just sick, sick, sick!: Vandals plaster Windows Logo on upcoming Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany Enough said! Matter meets antimatter, no? Actually, as the item explains, there’s…

Everything else

Chilled Apple

Ron Coleman Dec 31, 2007 0 Comments

Via Vodkapundit — from the People’s Ministry of Litigation, Information and Sublimation: Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results in a positive solution for…

Copyright Law

Eminem sues Apple

Ron Coleman Jul 31, 2007 0 Comments

Item: Eminem’s music publisher filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Apple Computer Inc. on Monday, alleging the computer giant violated copyrights by allowing unauthorized downloads of the Detroit rapper’s songs onto…

Copyright Law

Jobs and copyright

Ron Coleman Feb 7, 2007 1 Comments

You must have heard about this already? Apple’s demand that record companies do away with copyright protection for songs they sell online has set up a bitter battle between the…

Rights of Publicity and Personality

It was twenty years ago today

Ron Coleman Feb 5, 2007 0 Comments

Okay, not quite 20, but 16 years ago that Apple Inc. and the Beatles’ old record label, Apple Corps, entered into an agreement regarding the two companies’ use of Apple-related…

Rights of Publicity and Personality

Best of 2007: It was twenty years ago today

Ron Coleman Feb 5, 2007 0 Comments

First posted on February 5, 2007. Okay, not quite 20, but 16 years ago that Apple Inc. and the Beatles’ old record label, Apple Corps, entered into an agreement regarding…

Brand Management and Branding

Apple’s hidden trademark agenda

Ron Coleman Sep 25, 2006 0 Comments

There is one, according to trademark gumshoe Russel Shaw.

Trademarks and trademark law

Lawyer: Apple trademark claim “silly”

Ron Coleman Apr 3, 2006 1 Comments

CNN.com reports: A lawyer for Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday dismissed as ridiculous a long-running trademark infringement claim by The Beatles’ Apple Corps record label that has landed the two…

Free Expression

iDiots

Ron Coleman Apr 26, 2005 0 Comments

The AP reports that Apple has responded to a new book about Steve Jobs entitled iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business by yanking all…

Blogging

One Bloggin’ Apple Don’t Spoil the Whole Bunch

Ron Coleman Jan 12, 2005 2 Comments

Originally posted 2005-01-12 00:00:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Bob Cox pointed me in the direction of this coverage of the Apple trade secret litigation: Blogs Persist Despite Apple’s Suit:…

The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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