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Opposition to “scandalous mark” opens some box

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2006-02-16 19:32:24. Republished by Blog Post PromoterMarty Schwimmer chronicles and opines on the latest blip in the controversy regarding registration of a tasteless […]

Disparaging, Immoral, Deceptive, or Scandalous

Best of 2013: Turning back that Crimson Tide

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-12-17 08:15:25. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published January 8, 2013 Trademark law does not trump the right to make and sell artistic […]

Fair Use

iDiots

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2009-10-26 23:59:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe AP reports that Apple has responded to a new book about Steve Jobs entitled iCon Steve Jobs: […]

Brand Management and Branding

“Victimless Crimes” Watch: Clash of the Sleazebuckets

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-08-24 11:24:16. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI’ve said before that we seem to be very picky-and-choosy about the concept of “victimless crimes,” which […]

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Free Expression vs. Copyright in the Digital Age

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

Blogger anonymity upheld against John Doe defamation claims

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-12-31 16:08:04. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe defendant-appellant, John Doe No.1, anonymously posted allegedly defamatory statements about the plaintiff-appellee, Cahill, on an internet […]

Blogging

Jenzabar: Blogs are sticks and stones; they hurt me.

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-05-25 15:33:56. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJenzabar, the educational software company Paul Levy and I mentioned last month (and which Overlawyered picked up) […]

Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

YouTube, other websites and the DMCA

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2009-09-10 19:32:21. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Lee Gesmer at MassLawBlog explains why the hullaballoo about YouTube’s exposure to copyright liability is overstated. […]

DMCA

More on international law and the Web

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2009-10-26 23:59:24. Republished by Blog Post PromoterInstapundit reports: YAHOO! HELPS TURN THE SCREWS: According to Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders), Information supplied […]

Internet Law

Best of 2009: Impolitico

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-01-28 06:28:51. Republished by Blog Post PromoterPosted September 17, 2009. I first read about the brouhaha over the Politico trademark claim against the […]

Blogging, Secondary Meaning

McCain comes clean

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-01-04 20:31:41. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSenator McCain finally admits his hierarchy of values: The Constitution is nice, but a mainstream media monopoly […]

Internet Law

The AP, copyright, and the bloggers

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-01-20 10:21:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterYou can’t have missed the story, in all its agony. One weensy problem with the blogosphere: It’s […]

Emerson InSinkErator trash compactors will mangle your hand if you stick it in one of them.

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-08-13 21:27:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally posted 2006-10-19 13:44:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Sounds like a reasonable assertion, right? The same […]

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