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Tag: Garbagio Goods

Ed T and the Trademark Dimensions

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2020-01-16 10:29:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterExplanatory introduction to a virtual guest post by Ed Timberlake: I say if it's yours and you […]

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Functionality and Trademarks

Garbagio trademarks: Top of the heap

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Ron Coleman

There’s still time to register for the “Failure to Function” #trademark panel in Boston on Nov. 5th!

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Functionality and Trademarks

Tyler Hall redux on what trademarks do

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Tyler Hall

Traditional, Source-Identifying Trademarks vs the Trademark-as-a-Product As source-identifiers, trademarks help consumers distinguish between competing products, signalling that a product comes from a specific source. This […]

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Failure to Function as Trademark

Guest post: Ornamental? Or trademark as a product?

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Tyler Hall

Trademark-as-a-Product v. Ornamental Sparked by a question from Pamela Chestek about promotional goods, I got to thinking about when a design or word on a […]

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Failure to Function as Trademark

Failure to …. whatever

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Ron Coleman

“Failure to function as a trademark” is a favorite topic around here, and it’s getting more and more attention.  Except when it’s not. What am […]

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Functionality and Trademarks

The shopping dead (Best of 2016)

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted March 21, 2016. Says Pamela Chestek, of the Property, intangible® blog: I haven’t written about “zombie” or “heritage” marks in a long time. So […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Occupying trademark

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-11-08 11:19:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter So eventually all the “big trademark stories” catch up to you, even if you try to […]

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Culture Clash

The shopping dead

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Says Pamela Chestek, of the Property, intangible® blog: I haven’t written about “zombie” or “heritage” marks in a long time. So when she does, we don’t […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Trayvon, we hardly knew ye

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Ron Coleman

The headline:  Trayvon Martin’s family looks to trademark ‘I am Trayvon,’ ‘Justice for Trayvon’: Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton is seeking to trademark [sic] phrases […]

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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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