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Posted on March 27, 2022 Trademarks and trademark law

“I’m a man”

And perhaps a Brawnier one than you might otherwise have thought, at that. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. No, not me — you... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Trade Dress Rights in Musical Instruments

John Welch’s TTAB Blog — which monitors developments at the Trademark Trials and Appeals Board — picks up this recommended reading from a recent article... Read more

Posted on November 17, 2020 Trademarks and trademark law

The Trademark Singularity: Part 2

If we learned anything in Tam, it is that the Register should not be an expression of value judgments. It is and should be a register (small s). Of trademarks. Read more

Posted on December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Trademarks and trademark law

This is ridiculous, isn’t it?

This… is ridiculous, isn't it? — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) December 13, 2019 Read more

Posted on September 7, 2015 Trademarks and trademark law

Bar none

Michael Atkins: [University of Washington] School of Law Professor Sean O’Connor, guest blogging at Legal Satyricon, writes about AT&T’s trademark registration of the bars indicating cell phone... Read more

Posted on January 20, 2015January 21, 2015 Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2007: “I’m a man”

Posted on June 6, 2007. And perhaps a Brawnier one than you might otherwise have thought, at that. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.... Read more

Posted on December 23, 2009October 28, 2013 Fashion Law

So shoe me!

Staci Riordan reports on the big shoe-vs.-shoe design lawsuit everyone’s talking about — invoking copyright plus one Lanham Act and two New York law varieties of... Read more

Posted on March 31, 2009November 25, 2010 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

While my guitar gently weeps

One of the first posts on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® was about Gibson Guitar Corp. v. Paul Reed Smith Guitars, LP, 70 UPSQ2d 1911 (M.D. Tenn.... 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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