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Tag: Edifice Complexes

Posted on March 22, 2022 Buildings and IP

The Sound of silence

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... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Buildings and IP

Manchester Cathedral, you’re driving me crazy

Originally posted 2007-06-14 11:42:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Manchester Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral — same thing. We’ve written in the past — well, not us,... Read more

Posted on June 11, 2021 Buildings and IP

Best of 2006: Trademark City

The Strategic Name Development blog reports that the naming rights to the New York Mets’ new baseball stadium have been sold to Citigroup. The stadium... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Buildings and IP

Edifice of absurdity

Via Boing Boing — ArchitectureChicago reports that the Marina City Towers condominium association is claiming “common law copyright” on the landmark Chicago buildings’ “name or... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 IP Overreaching

Pro shutterbug’s guide to IP

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... Read more

Posted on April 17, 2011 Brand Management and Branding

Pure evil

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... Read more

Posted on August 17, 2010August 20, 2015 Buildings and IP

Trademarks mean something different up there, I guess

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... Read more

Posted on November 15, 2006February 21, 2016 Buildings and IP

Trademark City

The Strategic Name Development blog reports that the naming rights to the New York Mets’ new baseball stadium have been sold to Citigroup. The stadium... 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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