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Tag: Edifice Complexes

Edifice of absurdity

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-07-29 22:57:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterVia Boing Boing — ArchitectureChicago reports that the Marina City Towers condominium association is claiming “common law […]

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Buildings and IP

Manchester Cathedral, you’re driving me crazy

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-08-04 14:37:36. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally posted 2007-06-14 11:42:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Manchester Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral — same thing. We’ve […]

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Buildings and IP

Best of 2006: Trademark City

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-01-19 19:30:38. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The Strategic Name Development blog reports that the naming rights to the New York Mets’ new […]

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Buildings and IP

Pro shutterbug’s guide to IP

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Ron Coleman

Here’s a good excerpt from a new book by copyright doyenne Nancy Wolff called The Professional Photographer’s Legal Handbook. It’s on a favorite topic of […]

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IP Overreaching

Pure evil

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Ron Coleman

And it doesn’t even exactly involve the Red Sox: Various buildings overlook Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. Entities unrelated to the Cubs operate […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Trademarks mean something different up there, I guess

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Ron Coleman

Can a building be a trademark? Can a photo of a building be a trademark? Can a drawing based on a photo of a building […]

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Buildings and IP

The Sound of silence

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Ron Coleman

Michael Atkins is beside himself with intellectual-property-enforcement frustration about the use of an image of the Seattle Space Needle — a tall pointy building what […]

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Buildings and IP

Trademark City

Posted on November 15, 2006 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-04-25 21:53:48. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Strategic Name Development blog reports that the naming rights to the New York Mets’ new baseball […]

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Buildings and IP

Commercial, Trademark and Free Speech Litigation

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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.

ron-coleman-lawyerAs for me, I'm Ron Coleman, a commercial litigator and a partner in the Dhillon Law Group with a special interest in copyright and trademark law and free speech. I was also the lead lawyer for The Slants, The Band Who Must Not be Named.

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