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Tag: Copyright

Posted on November 27, 2015 Secondary Meaning

You are not the boss of me!

Evan Brown reports, as he does so often, about an important ruling that deals another blow to attempts at using intellectual property, and particularly its... Read more

Posted on November 10, 2015 Secondary Liability

Indirect Liability and Grokster

This post on the Marginal Revolution blog (where this blog once advertised) links to (or tries to link to) an amicus brief filed by… a... Read more

Posted on June 28, 2015July 9, 2015 Distribution systems

Google Books settlement takes it on the Chin

I raised questions about the Google Books settlement ages ago. Now some of them have been answered, and Judge Denny Chin’s answer is “no”: While... Read more

Posted on August 7, 2014January 27, 2015 Distribution systems

Infinite loop (updated and bumped)

Originally published on July 22, 2011; see update at bottom!) It can only mean one thing when you read this in a news article: On... Read more

Posted on May 22, 2014May 29, 2014 Distribution systems

Best of 2011: What “beating Righthaven” means

First posted November 3, 2011. Instapundit links to Donald Douglas’s blog post, Beating Righthaven.  Excerpt: Righthaven files “no warning” lawsuits. That is, it gives no advance... Read more

Posted on May 1, 2014June 30, 2014 Distribution systems

“Aereo” smiths (part one)

UPDATE, June 25, 2014:  The Supreme Court has ruled.  [Still, read this.  Then read this. — RDC] If you are a real IP lawyer, or... Read more

Posted on January 3, 2014February 24, 2015 Enforcement

If 10,000 lawsuits don’t stop it

Certainly another 8,000 should do the trick! Read more

Posted on December 3, 2013 Damages

Copyright injunctions – plus ça change

Last summer I mentioned the new law in the Ninth Circuit — or, as I insisted, the clarification of the existing law — to the... Read more

Posted on November 13, 2013October 18, 2016 Public Domain

“Happy Birthday”: Second verse, same as the first.

While I wasn’t looking, the lead plaintiff in the class action to have the song “Happy Birthday to You” declared to be in the public... Read more

Arctic Pear by Ochre
Posted on June 11, 2013June 13, 2013 Fashion Law

Oral argument tomorrow at the Second Circuit — Ochre LLC (Copyright – Useful articles – Lighting – Fashion Design)

Tomorrow morning I will appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which will hear argument in Ochre LLC v. Deutsche... Read more

Posted on January 13, 2013January 13, 2013 IP Overreaching

The making of a martyr?

In July of 2011 I wrote about the case of Aron Swartz, arrested at the time for stealing more than 4 million articles from JSTOR,... Read more

Album cover was found very appealing by some
Posted on March 29, 2012May 29, 2013 Rights of Publicity and Personality

Moldy oldies

Cohen the “Trademark Attorney” (his SEO people told him to sign blog posts as “Trademark Attorney” I guess; I think it worked, too!) has this... Read more

Posted on November 11, 2010November 16, 2010 Blogging

Copywrong

Copyright doyen Bill Patry explains why he shut down his brilliant copyright law blog. Some of it had to do with his inability to prevent... 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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