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Posted on June 17, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Where there’s smokes

The Denver Post reports a very interesting, and for trademark plaintiffs very troubling, decision that the Supreme Court has refused to review. It has to... Read more

Posted on June 11, 2021 Licensing

When copyrights aren’t a federal case

Can copyright disputes ever be litigated in state court? It’s generally understood that the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over copyright claims, in contrast to... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Pick your poison

Is it infringement or a breach of contract?  Is it a license or an assignment?  Well, whatever it is, it’s a little complicated, and Pamela... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Fee Shifting

Show me the money

Copyright is happening all over the place! Now, a slight digression from the stemwinder I’m about to release here on fee shifting in copyright cases.... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Copyright Law

Can you ring the unrung bell? (Updated)

[stextbox id=”alert”]UPDATE and preface:  Almost everyone who has written on the “jurisdiction” issue decided in Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick, 130 S.Ct. 1237, in which the... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Litigation

Going Wayback… and it’s out of here!

The TTABlog writes about a recent TTAB decision rejecting “Wayback Machine” data as evidence: The Board observed that the “Wayback Machine” suffers from a serious... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021November 8, 2021 Litigation Trademarks and trademark law

Hot fun in the summer time

A little while I ago I uploaded, at J.D. Supra, the three days of trial transcripts from last year’s desert extravaganza, the Designer Skin v.... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Jus good enough?

Property, intangible: “Jus tertii” – Wikipedia says Latin for “third party rights” – is a claim by a defendant that someone else has rights superior... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Blogging

Blogger anonymity upheld against John Doe defamation claims

The defendant-appellant, John Doe No.1, anonymously posted allegedly defamatory statements about the plaintiff-appellee, Cahill, on an internet blog. Cahill brought a defamation action. Seeking to... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Jenzabar: Blogs are sticks and stones; they hurt me.

Jenzabar, the educational software company Paul Levy and I mentioned last month (and which Overlawyered picked up) in connection with its “trademark as censorship tool”... Read more

Tacks case?
Posted on September 18, 2019 Licensing

Likelihood of avoision

I’m in pretty deep in a jury trial — no, not an IP case; more like an IT case, only one conducted under a tent... Read more

Raymond J. Dowd of the Copyright Litigation Blog
Posted on December 31, 2015 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

The litigation of art

[stextbox id=”info”]Raymond J. Dowd, author of the Copyright Litigation Blog (and much else!), sent along this note by email concerning  a case that would probably... Read more

Posted on December 9, 2014December 30, 2014 Everything else

Not a good e-discovery strategy

Lavi Soloway writes (hat tip to Above the Law) regarding the extremely un-white-shoe discrimination litigation in New York County between former Sullivan & Cromwell associate... Read more

Posted on September 16, 2014 Copyright Law

Getting the timing right on copyright registrations

Marty Schwimmer: IDEA v PETA (SDNY August 298 2009): Plaintiff, no doubt aware that statutory damages are only available for post-registration copyright infringements that are... 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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