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
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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
Best of 2010: You got privacy in my policy! No, YOU got policy in MY privacy!
First posted on July 15, 2010.Mindful always of my civic duty, my unique relation to humanity, and legal webby things, I’ve updated the LIKELIHOOD OF... Read more
Best of 2010: “Drive-by infringement”
Steve Baird says initial interest confusion is “the real thing” and in the process seeks to “add life” to Professor McCarthy’s famous “evil highway road sign”... Read more
Best of 2010: If you see something… it’s probably “trademarked”
First published on May 12, 2010. A while ago, while obsessing about New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its obsession with turning what might have... 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 2009: “Orange you glad you’re such mullahs?”
This was first posted on April 29, 2009: William Lozito at Name Wire writes about a counterfeiting double-cross, or is it triple-cross or something more?,... Read more
Best of 2010: Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due
First posted July 12, 2010. The essential role played by credit card companies in online trademark infringement was recognized in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline... Read more
Best of 2009: “The LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® Twitter manifesto”
This was first posted on July 27, 2009. The authors of many of the blogs I read that are topically related to this one now... Read more
Best of 2009: “Intellectual property and its digestion”
This was first posted on February 20, 2009: Back and forth in in social networking space — once Facebook, I digest some key ingredients of... 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
Best of 2009: “Fraud on the PTO: Is it real, or all in my mind?”
This was first posted on September 3, 2009. Big decision, via the TTABlog®: The worm, finally, finally, has turned on the issue of the cancellation... 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 2008: “Designer Skin v. S&L Continued: ‘S&L had a perfect right to sell this product'” (July)
This was first posted on July 18th: Unfortunately for future defendants in the position of our client, Internet retailer S&L, U.S. District Judge James Teilborg’s... Read more