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Tag: Brand Management and Branding

Posted on September 20, 2019 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

South Korean court affirms ridiculous STARPREYA ruling

Michael Atkins gives us the post-mortem on this case that demonstrates what could delicately be called the home field advantage. Originally posted 2012-06-11 19:57:20. Republished... Read more

Posted on September 20, 2019 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

How Supreme Skateboard plays the edge

The new Case Clothesed blog out of New York Law School has a very interesting, if lightly sourced, piece about how Supreme Skateboard has managed for... Read more

Pillsbury Doughboy
Posted on September 20, 2019June 12, 2023 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Dough, a dear

The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man wreaked some havoc in his time, but who would have thought that his inspiration — the Pillsbury Doughboy — would act... Read more

Posted on September 20, 2019 Product Configuration

Best of 2009: “While my guitar gently weeps”

This was first posted on March 31, 2009. One of the first posts on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® was about Gibson Guitar Corp. v. Paul Reed... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2019 Brand Management and Branding

When your brand means just about nothing…

… you’ll slap onto just about anything, I guess. Or perhaps in a virtually abandoned district of a virtually abandoned city — in this case,... Read more

Posted on February 12, 2019 Brand Management and Branding

Dimming star?

Ann Althouse: Starbucks used to seem like a luxury brand, and now it feels like a fallback when you can’t get to the real thing.... Read more

Posted on October 22, 2018 Fashion Law IP Institutions Politics

COICA: Big IP supersizes it

Everything I’ve written about here for the last five years, or just about everything, is about to get a lot worse, explains David Post: Congress... Read more

CIA Headquarters - intel inside
Posted on May 8, 2018 Brand Management and Branding Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Some intel on INTEL®

BUMPED from January 1, 2010 and UPDATED due to decision (scroll to the bottom for the stunning conclusion): Had you heard about this one from... Read more

Posted on June 8, 2017 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

The Lonely Maytag Trademark

The Associate Press reports: DES MOINES, Iowa Maytag may have to change the name of a new kitchen appliances. That’s after a small business owner... Read more

Posted on March 28, 2017 Brand Management and Branding

That’s a wrap

Forget about the IP rights in those MTA symbols — you can probably use them however you want, now. (Remember to read my disclaimer on... Read more

Posted on August 25, 2016September 5, 2016 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Trademark Fluff over Fluffernutters

Reports a Lynn, Massachusetts newspaper: A Lynn company known worldwide for its Marshmallow Fluff is suing Williams-Sonoma, Inc., claiming the culinary retailer is misusing the... Read more

Posted on March 8, 2016 Rights of Publicity and Personality

Best of 2007: Trademark rights in interdigitization

Nick Daly drops me a note to the effect that one Jay-Z, gazillionaire rhyming scatologist, has been sued by a professional perspirer and leaping stage... Read more

Posted on February 23, 2016March 2, 2016 Brand Management and Branding

Grey and not so good

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an extensive article on about companies that “borrow” trademark equity, or purported equity, from others to build their brands, pushing... Read more

If You See Something, Say Something
Posted on December 31, 2015 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

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

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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