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Best of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®: Nuts to us? Or a “real” Charlie Brown Christmas?

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-12-24 08:29:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published December 9, 2009. Now a heartwarming tradition of bloggy goodness. Instapundit links to this item […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Best of 2009: Nuts to us? Or a “real” Charlie Brown Christmas?

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-01-28 12:00:43. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published December 9, 2009. Instapundit links to this item about the incredible shrinking Charlie Brown specials […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Best of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®: Nuts to us? Or a “real” Charlie Brown Christmas? (Archive post)

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2016-12-23 11:29:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published December 9, 2009. Now a heartwarming tradition of bloggy goodness. Instapundit links to this item […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Best of 2012: The way of all flash

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-12-22 18:00:53. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted March 27, 2012. So, what happens when a trademark registration lapses?  The post at the […]

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Brand Management and Branding

My brand of humor – No. 1 – Gary Gulman

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2017-11-07 10:26:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst in a series of posts sampling comedic stylings of various standup comics that bulldoze through famous […]

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My Brand of Comedy
Coca-Cola Classic

Best of 2005: Have a Coke and a Trial

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-01-15 19:27:42. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally posted on July 15, 2005. India doesn’t have a First Amendment, as such, but from what […]

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Free Expression

De gustibus non est disputandum

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-07-01 14:16:54. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe question, per last fall’s story, was this: Can you establish trademark rights in a flavor?  The […]

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Functionality and Trademarks

Trademarks in the age of 140 characters or less

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-12-04 12:56:37. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOr at least trademark logos. Context:  If you’re over 50, you can probably remember when television commercials […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Coke adds Second Life?

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2007-06-30 23:05:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter I’ve written before about the emerging issues involving the use of trademarks in so-called virtual reality. […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Best of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®: Nuts to us? Or a “real” Charlie Brown Christmas? (Archive post)

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally published December 9, 2009. Now a heartwarming tradition of bloggy goodness. Instapundit links to this item about the incredible shrinking Charlie Brown specials — […]

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Brand Management and Branding
Coca-Cola Host of the Highways

Best of 2010: “Drive-by infringement”

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-02-10 15:10:18. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSteve Baird says initial interest confusion is “the real thing” and in the process  seeks to “add life” […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Some people think this is some kind of joke

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-03-19 09:43:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAnd it isn’t the lawyers! Pointy-hat-tip to IP Notions.  

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Brand Management and Branding

Bad for branding, worse for trade secrets

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Ron Coleman

Pesticides in soft drinks, that is. Or even allegations of them. Boing Boing reports that a court in India has ordered Pepsi and Coke to […]

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Brand Management and Branding

The way of all flash

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Ron Coleman

So, what happens when a trademark registration lapses?  The post at the link, by Corsearch, is, yeah, kind of an advertisement for Corsearch.  But it […]

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Brand Management and Branding

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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