
Best of 2009: They always get their man
Posted November 24, 2009. Yes, people do have some funny ideas of what kinds of things to protect with copyright, don’t they? A few... Read more
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
Posted November 24, 2009. Yes, people do have some funny ideas of what kinds of things to protect with copyright, don’t they? A few... Read more
Reuters reports that the Tiffany trademark suit against eBay is really going to trial. Really! I am sure no one expected this. I certainly didn’t.... Read more
Counterfeit Chic looks at tomorrow’s counterfeiters. Well, that’s how Susan looks at them, anyway. When you’re a carpenter everything looks like a nail, you know?... Read more
From the WSJ Law Blog: A French court today cracked down on counterfeits — and an outlet that sells them — ordering eBay to pay... Read more
Counterfeit Chic reports that the world really does revolve around intellectual property! Last week in Maryland, a traffic stop yielded a cache of counterfeit Nike... Read more
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics — which is nothing if not a branding, merchandising and licensing bonanza to which athletes are invited —... Read more
Counterfeit Chic happens upon a new defense to trademark counterfeiting: “Counterfeiting? You call this counterfeiting?!” We’ve all seen imitation goods so poorly rendered that they... Read more
It’s not a defense to trademark infringement or counterfeiting that your heart is full of good intentions. Originally posted 2012-12-30 15:00:15. Republished by Blog Post... Read more
A friend painfully close to the case forwarded this link reporting that Google has lost its appeal of a judgment for “trademark counterfeiting” against the... Read more
Reuters “news service” “reports”: A record industry trade group on Thursday said it filed lawsuits against 751 people it claims used online file-sharing networks to... Read more
The Kalashnikov rifle: Naked trademark licensing (“I take them into my hands and, my goodness, the marks are foreign,” [General Kalashnikov] said of the knockoffs... Read more
We spill a lot of pixels here blogging about the question of just how transparent, nay ethereal, eBay is as, say, a facilitator of transactions... Read more