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Google Takes Offense, Takes Offensive (for a change)

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-08-20 13:18:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAccording to Search Engine Journal, perennial trademark infringement defendant Google has filed suit against Froogles.com, an online […]

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Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Fallout from 9th Circuit’s “nuclear option” on cybersquatting secondary liability

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-12-12 09:44:53. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDid the 9th Circuit’s opinion last week in Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com  (9th Cir. Dec. 4, 2013) really “kill” secondary […]

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Secondary Liability

But it is the Dark Side? Or just plain old The Force?

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Ron Coleman

Evan Brown:  “Behold the power of in rem actions“: In rem actions over domain names are powerful tools. A trademark owner can undertake these actions […]

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Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Jews for Jesus v. Google and Brodsky – update and analysis

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Ron Coleman

I was on a panel called “Trademark Rights vs. Free Speech” at the Fall 2000 INTA Trademarks in Cyberspace Conference with Marty Schwimmer and David […]

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Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Give it a rest!

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Ron Coleman

John Welch reports on a case involving the would-be registration for IRESTMYCASE.COM, an attorney’s website, wherein the TTAB reminds us that a URL (website address) […]

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The great white domain extension

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Ron Coleman

The Register reports: From today, trademark holders from within the mobile industry have the chance to register their trademarks as .mobi domains. Call me Ishmobile. […]

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Transamerica v. Moniker Online: When domain registrars go bad

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Jane Coleman

Domain name registrars have not typically been held contributorily liable for trademark infringement committed by their registrants. See Lockheed Martin; Size, Inc.; Academy of Motion […]

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Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Gripes of wrath

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Ron Coleman

If you’ve seen one disgruntled-former-law-associate attack gripe site, you’ve seen them all.  But I did like this point by gold-plated pariah Edward Harrington Heyburn, Esq. (corrected).  Because […]

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Go chutzpa!

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Ron Coleman

GoDaddy, better than anyone, realizes that the margins in domain sales are slim and getting slimmer.  Economics teaches us that in a perfectly competitive market, […]

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Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

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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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