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Tag: China

Obeying Orders – Yahoo! in China

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-05-17 21:20:34. Republished by Blog Post PromoterVia Instapundit, a point we blogged about a week or two ago — some detail on the […]

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Internet Law

The creativity of theft

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Sarah Burstein, by way of Julie Zerbo, or is it the other way around? An appropriate question: This design squatting (I don't know what else […]

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Fashion Law

When Fakery Turns Fatal

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-02-13 19:15:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe New York Times reports about an aspect of trademark enforcement which, among the disputes over rent-seeking […]

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Counterfeiting & Piracy

IP rights in China: Still inscrutable

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-11-22 11:19:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Michael Atkins has some highlights from a presentation given last week on enforcing intellectual property rights […]

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Enforcement

Best of 2007: Ideological purity

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Ron Coleman

First posted on January 24, 2007. Yahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday, […]

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Free Expression

China’s feelings hurt

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Ron Coleman

We’ve been following the domestic story of when trademarks hurt. (And get ready for this one, homey!) But we’re not the only sensitive ones out […]

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Counterfeiting & Piracy

Olympian irony

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Ron Coleman

China, faced with loss of revenues from the sale of “unauthorized” Olympics merchandise in connection with its “Berlin for the 21st Century” games, has suddenly […]

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Counterfeiting & Piracy
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Branding in the “Wild East”

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Paul Jones

A hundred years ago the American west, the original “Wild West,” was a land of opportunity with a reputation for lawlessness. The newspapers in the […]

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Enforcement

Ideological purity

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Ron Coleman

Yahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday, describing a top-level meeting that discussed […]

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Free Expression

Commercial, Trademark and Free Speech Litigation

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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.

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