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Posted on December 13, 2022 Stealing the Language

Gripes of wrath

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... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Uncategorized

The great white domain extension

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.... Read more

Posted on March 24, 2021 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

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... Read more

Posted on November 1, 2019 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Google Takes Offense, Takes Offensive (for a change)

According to Search Engine Journal, perennial trademark infringement defendant Google has filed suit against Froogles.com, an online shopping site. The New York federal complaint is... Read more

Posted on November 1, 2017 Secondary Liability

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

Did the 9th Circuit’s opinion last week in Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com  (9th Cir. Dec. 4, 2013) really “kill” secondary liability for trademark infringement under the Anticybersquatting Consumer... Read more

Posted on December 2, 2013 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

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... Read more

Posted on March 25, 2013 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Give it a rest!

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)... Read more

Posted on July 29, 2010March 17, 2019 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Transamerica v. Moniker Online: When domain registrars go bad

[stextbox id=”info”] This is a summary and analysis of the decision in Transamerica Corp. v. Moniker Online Services, 672 F.Supp.2d 1353 (S.D. Fla. 2009), which... Read more

Posted on October 22, 2009October 24, 2009 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Go chutzpa!

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,... 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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