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Best of 2010: An opinion to Di for

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-10-23 21:13:18. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on May 5, 2010. I do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there […]

Fair Use, Trademarks and trademark law

An opinion to Di for

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-06-27 11:41:55. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there are never any consequences for filing […]

Fair Use

Unlovely SPAM

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-02-11 22:00:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Hormel won’t give up. And neither will Spam Arrrest, LLC (which makes a great product I […]

Stealing the Language

Best of 2010: Dough, a dear

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-09-16 11:45:45. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted August 11, 2010. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man wreaked some havoc in his time, but who […]

Brand Management and Branding

Trademark parodies and iconic marks: can foul become fair?

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2016-01-13 14:09:05. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIn 2010 I wrote this post about a now-notorious case, eventually ensconced as Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. […]

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Best of 2012: Sing, sing, sing!

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-12-26 07:30:54. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst published August 1, 2012. John Welch suggests the musical question, “How is Section 2(a) false association […]

Rights of Publicity and Personality

Dough, a dear

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-11-25 13:27:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man wreaked some havoc in his time, but who would have thought that his […]

Brand Management and Branding, Trademarks and trademark law

And a hard place…

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-10-14 21:56:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFigure this one! Michael Cohen — who, now that I think of it, does kind of slather […]

Brand Management and Branding, Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2010: Foul ball?

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-12-22 14:30:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst published on March 2, 2010. Louis Vuitton Malletier and its lawyers demonstrate how to make sure […]

Brand Management and Branding, Fashion Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Louis Louis

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-01-22 13:44:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSteve Baird makes some great points about the Louis Vuittion / student activities flier kerfuffle: There has […]

Fashion Law

Trademarks: Famous is as famous does

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Ron Coleman

My latest paper offers a simple idea to get trademark owners to stop suing parodists, satirists, and other expressive users: make evidence of such independent […]

IP Overreaching

The Empire strikes back (Best of 2016)

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2016-12-22 13:39:59. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted July 5, 2016. Via the Duets Blog, a trademark resolution that has been building for […]

Buildings and IP

Best of 2009: Char’ed, I’m sure

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-01-28 12:07:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted December 8, 2009. Poor Starbucks. So much trademark trouble they have! Other trouble, too. And now […]

Trademark Dilution

New law of trademark dilution

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-09-24 12:37:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterMy old friends at Kaye Scholer (link fixed!) give you the skinny on the new Trademark Dilution Act. […]

Trademarks and trademark law