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Steve Baird makes some great points about the Louis Vuittion / student activities flier kerfuffle: There has been quite a flap surrounding the poster and invitation used... Read more
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
Steve Baird makes some great points about the Louis Vuittion / student activities flier kerfuffle: There has been quite a flap surrounding the poster and invitation used... Read more
First posted August 11, 2010. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man wreaked some havoc in his time, but who would have thought that his inspiration — the... Read more
The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man wreaked some havoc in his time, but who would have thought that his inspiration — the Pillsbury Doughboy — would act... Read more
First published on March 2, 2010. Louis Vuitton Malletier and its lawyers demonstrate how to make sure a few seconds of what they say is... Read more
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... Read more
First posted July 5, 2016. Via the Duets Blog, a trademark resolution that has been building for far too long: It is not easy to... Read more
Via the Duets Blog, a trademark resolution that has been building for far too long: It is not easy to establish fame for purposes of... Read more
Michael Atkins: Novel causes of action for contributory cybersquatting and contributory dilution appear to viable here in the Western District [of Washington]. On Jan. 12,... Read more
John Welch suggests the musical question, “How is Section 2(a) false association like 43(c) dilution protection?” Great question. In other words, are the famous —... Read more
Updated version of the post first found here on December 8, 2009. Poor Starbucks. So much trademark trouble they have! Other trouble, too. And now... Read more
The TTABlog comments on a TTAB decision finding, not surprisingly, that two similar looking trademarks are likely to be confused, but raises a key point... Read more
[stextbox id=”alert”] UPDATE: Per Marty Schwimmer: Hyundai ran a commercial with humorous depictions of what it would be like if luxury items were widely available.... Read more
Via Marty Schwimmer’s Trademark Blog: Marty, you got peanut butter in my chocolate! You’re considering the respective design and layout choices in isolation, seriatim, rather... Read more