The odd inversion of the trademark “rights in gross” conundrum (Best of 2016)
First posted on August 18, 2016. Is reselling domain names a violation of the UDRP? At his blog, Gerald “Mr. UDRP” Levine lays out the... Read more
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Best of 2010: Trademarks, copyright, brand equity, and rent-seeking: Soapbox 2010
First posted on January 17, 2010. From last week’s INTA Trademark Topics email discussion list. One name has been changed to protect the innocent, and... Read more
Best of 2009: “All that know-chow costs some scratch!”
This was first posted on August 26, 2009. Legal Blog Watch: Pet food giant Purina is like a dog that won’t give up its bone... Read more
Best of 2010: An opinion to Di for
First posted on May 5, 2010. I do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there are never any consequences for filing frivolous trademark... Read more
Holy copyright baloney, Batman! (Best of 2016)
Originally posted on February 3, 2016. It’s not as if I’ve got a problem with DC Comics or something, but, well, here you go. They’re... Read more
Best of 2009: “Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce”
This was first posted on May 7, 2009. The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much... Read more
Best of 2010: How Supreme Skateboard plays the edge
First posted on June 1, 2010. The new Case Clothesed blog out of New York Law School has a very interesting, if lightly sourced, piece about... Read more
Clothiers and disclosure (Best of 2016)
First posted on May 6, 2016. Interesting. This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The Fashion Law: The newest group of potential outlaws... Read more
The new fuzzy logic of copyright damages (Best of 2016)
First posted on June 17, 2016. What’s all this about the Supreme Court and copyright damages? Pretty thorough analysis of yesterday’s SCOTUS #Kirtsaeng judgment#copyright https://t.co/IPXtq9xFH3... Read more
Best of 2010: Moral rights in Massachusetts
First published April 12, 2010. Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual... Read more
Best of 2009: “Adverference?”
This was originally published on January 22, 2009: Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), I finally figured... Read more
Best of 2010: Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch
The Second Circuit, unsurprisingly according to most commentators, has affirmed the decision of the Southern District of New York refusing to find eBay liable for... Read more
Joint trademark “ownership”: Tea for two? (Best of 2016)
Originally published January 25, 2016. It’s been almost ten years ago since the March 2006 blog post, which got a bit of play as it turned... Read more
Best of 2010: Lug me tender
First published on February 24, 2010. Should a law school be tendering seven figures of money to a minor league baseball team for stadium naming... Read more