The second time as farce
Originally posted 2010-07-15 08:25:39. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOn the occasion of the S&L Vitamins v. Australian Gold trial, I reposted what I wrote here […]
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War Is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength
Originally posted 2014-11-26 12:58:03. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAnd free speech is a form of negotiable intellectual property, right? Maybe I can give up the […]
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Google Books debate
Originally posted 2011-12-05 10:40:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter It’s all Google, all the time in our world. (I know that because I did a […]
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Edifice of absurdity
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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Designer Skin v. S&L continued: “S&L had a perfect right to sell this product”
Originally posted 2013-09-18 11:43:43. Republished by Blog Post PromoterUnfortunately for future defendants in the position of our client, Internet retailer S&L, U.S. District Judge James […]
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It’s Abboud time!
Originally posted 2013-09-28 21:24:25. Republished by Blog Post PromoterA year and a half ago I reported on designer Joseph Abboud’s attempt to sell his trademark […]
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MLB whiffs on the right of publicity
Originally posted 2008-03-22 23:18:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAlec Rogers: In recent decades, Major League Baseball has made great strides in developing its business operation. […]
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Nominative fair use: The Second Circuit names names
Originally posted 2016-05-18 19:18:59. Republished by Blog Post PromoterNominative fair — the “unauthorized” use of a trademark as a trademark specifically to invoke the trademark, […]
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He’s got the key
Originally posted 2014-03-12 15:58:34. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEric Goldman, author of one of the bona-fide-deserving, regularly updated, ABA-Blawg-100-listed and actually fairly indispensable Technology & Marketing Law Blog […]
Continue reading »Fat lady sings: Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law in Designer Skin v S & L Vitamins
Originally posted 2014-05-23 12:53:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe District of Arizona ruled today in a case we defended through trial and have reported on […]
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Mad Abboud you
Originally posted 2008-06-11 00:01:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOuch! The Wall Street Journal reports: A federal judge ruled that menswear designer Joseph Abboud, who sold […]
Continue reading »Free Expression vs. Copyright in the Digital Age
Originally posted 2010-02-24 23:56:50. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHere’s a “sneak preview” that was excerpted [when this item was first posted] from a paper to […]
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Diversion, yes, but no
Originally posted 2014-01-17 10:17:27. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSome people have all the luck in the Eastern District of New York. Whereas me — I […]
Continue reading »Zombie on zombie action
Originally posted 2011-04-05 09:36:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Escapist (via Punning Pundit): In a battle that refuses to die, publisher Capcom filed a pre-emptive […]
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