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Tag: Best of the Year

Posted on September 2, 2022 Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on August 27, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on May 3, 2022 Disclosure

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

Posted on May 1, 2022 Damages

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

Posted on April 30, 2022 Copyright Law Free Expression

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

Posted on November 29, 2021December 8, 2021 Copyright Law Internet Law

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

Posted on November 16, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

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

Posted on November 2, 2021 Free Expression

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

Posted on September 13, 2021 Brand Management and Branding

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

Posted on June 17, 2021June 28, 2021 Brand Management and Branding

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

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fair Use Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on May 28, 2021 Domain Names

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

Posted on May 24, 2021 Trademark registration

Wrong skillset for trademark registration (Best of 2016)

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... Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021 Brand Management and Branding Copyright Law Fair Use Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

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