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Tag: Garbagio Goods

Posted on June 27, 2022 Culture Clash

Occupying trademark

So eventually all the “big trademark stories” catch up to you, even if you try to avoid them as you would try to avoid …... Read more

Posted on March 3, 2022 Functionality and Trademarks

Failure to …. whatever

“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... Read more

Posted on May 25, 2021 Failure to Function as Trademark

Tyler Hall redux on what trademarks do

[stextbox id=’info’ caption=’More Tyler Hall’s thoughts on garbagio goods’] Tyler Hall writes: I received an interesting follow up to my previous post about trademarks and... Read more

Posted on March 13, 2020 Functionality and Trademarks

Ed T and the Trademark Dimensions

Explanatory introduction to a virtual guest post by Ed Timberlake: I say if it's yours and you post in on an embeddable platform, you've given... Read more

Posted on November 3, 2019November 6, 2019 Functionality and Trademarks

Garbagio trademarks: Top of the heap

There's still time to register for the "Failure to Function" #trademark panel in Boston on Nov. 5th! Read more

Posted on January 18, 2018February 27, 2018 Failure to Function as Trademark

Guest post: Ornamental? Or trademark as a product?

[stextbox id=’info’ caption=’Tyler Hall’s thoughts on garbagio goods’] The Twitter thread that led to this blog post started when trademark lawyer Tyler Hall suggested, on... Read more

Posted on December 20, 2016December 18, 2016 Brand Management and Branding

The shopping dead (Best of 2016)

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... Read more

Posted on March 21, 2016May 29, 2017 Brand Management and Branding

The shopping dead

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... Read more

Posted on January 30, 2013October 16, 2017 Rights of Publicity and Personality

Trayvon, we hardly knew ye

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... 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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