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The odd inversion of the trademark “rights in gross” conundrum (Best of 2016)

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2016-12-23 06:29:43. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on August 18, 2016. Is reselling domain names a violation of the UDRP? At his […]

Domain Names

Holy copyright baloney, Batman! (Best of 2016)

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2016-12-19 13:44:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally posted on February 3, 2016. It’s not as if I’ve got a problem with DC Comics […]

Best of 2009: “All that know-chow costs some scratch!”

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-07-21 14:45:06. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThis was first posted on August 26, 2009. Legal Blog Watch: Pet food giant Purina is like […]

Brand Management and Branding, Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2010: Moral rights in Massachusetts

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-08-07 13:06:59. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst published April 12, 2010. Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright […]

Best of 2009: “Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury”

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-08-26 13:08:50. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThis post, which is the first of two parts (the second part can be found at the […]

Best of 2010: Foul ball?

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-12-22 14:30:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst published on March 2, 2010. Louis Vuitton Malletier and its lawyers demonstrate how to make sure […]

Brand Management and Branding, Fashion Law, Trademarks and trademark law

The Empire strikes back (Best of 2016)

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2016-12-22 13:39:59. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted July 5, 2016. Via the Duets Blog, a trademark resolution that has been building for […]

Buildings and IP

Best of 2010: An opinion to Di for

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-10-23 21:13:18. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on May 5, 2010. I do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there […]

Fair Use, Trademarks and trademark law

The new fuzzy logic of copyright damages (Best of 2016)

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

Damages

Wrong skillset for trademark registration (Best of 2016)

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted on April 28, 2016. John Welch reports, at the TTABlog, about what you’d think would be a no-brainer: The Board affirmed a refusal […]

Trademark registration

The shopping dead (Best of 2016)

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted March 21, 2016. Says Pamela Chestek, of the Property, intangible® blog: I haven’t written about “zombie” or “heritage” marks in a long time. So […]

Brand Management and Branding

Joint trademark “ownership”: Tea for two? (Best of 2016)

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

Free Expression

Best of 2010: You got privacy in my policy! No, YOU got policy in MY privacy!

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-12-28 16:30:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on July 15, 2010.Mindful always of my civic duty, my unique relation to humanity, and […]

Privacy