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
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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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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: “Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury”
This post, which is the first of two parts (the second part can be found at the link at the end) was first posted on... Read more
Best of 2010: Foul ball?
First published on March 2, 2010. Louis Vuitton Malletier and its lawyers demonstrate how to make sure a few seconds of what they say is... Read more
The Empire strikes back (Best of 2016)
First posted July 5, 2016. Via the Duets Blog, a trademark resolution that has been building for far too long: It is not easy to... Read more
The shopping dead (Best of 2016)
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... Read more