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Tag: Branding and Brand Management

Best of 2012: Bates and hooks

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-12-24 13:00:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Bates numbering, that is. As a litigator, I’ve been living with Bates-numbering, or Bates-stamping, for over […]

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Genericness and Trademarks

Tyler Hall redux on what trademarks do

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Tyler Hall

Traditional, Source-Identifying Trademarks vs the Trademark-as-a-Product As source-identifiers, trademarks help consumers distinguish between competing products, signalling that a product comes from a specific source. This […]

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Failure to Function as Trademark

Trademark and Branding Updates

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Ron Coleman

TM Branding Cap, with yet another roundup feature!

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Roundups

Don’t say it! SUPER BOWL®, that is.

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Ron Coleman

I don’t watch a lot of TV — don’t even have one, actually.  And I only raise the topic because that is my excuse for […]

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Bates and hooks

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ron Coleman

Bates numbering, that is. As a litigator, I’ve been living with Bates-numbering, or Bates-stamping, for over 20 years.  (I’m not the only one!)  I have […]

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Genericness and Trademarks

The ultimate trademark?

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Ron Coleman

Okay, so I thought I had accomplished something by snagging a registration for the concept at the heart of trademark protection — why, LIKELIHOOD OF […]

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Brand Management and Branding, Trademarks and trademark law

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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 legal issues related to blogging. That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

ron-coleman-lawyerAs for me, I'm Ron Coleman, a commercial litigator and a partner in the Dhillon Law Group with a special interest in copyright and trademark law and free speech. I was also the lead lawyer for The Slants, The Band Who Must Not be Named.

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