Google – LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™

Best of 2007: MoveOn.org giveth

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-01-21 15:04:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally posted on October 15, 2007. But does it then taketh away? Wired reports: The left-leaning political […]

Keyword Advertising

Google Takes Offense, Takes Offensive (for a change)

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-08-20 13:18:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAccording to Search Engine Journal, perennial trademark infringement defendant Google has filed suit against Froogles.com, an online […]

Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Out-Googled

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-01-20 22:38:15. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBy the way, don’t get me wrong. I’m trying to cover the Google IP territory, if not […]

Internet Law, IP Institutions

Don’t be evil, much

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-01-25 17:19:44. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIt was bad enough that the government has gone “in house” on copyright issues. Now not only […]

Internet Law

Google down, boogy oogy oogy

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2006-05-28 15:53:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Ben Charny at eWeek reports: “Google’s ‘Oogle’ Hunters Bag Another One.” What’s it all about? The […]

IP Overreaching

Gee, Mail!

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-08-01 12:52:57. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Didn’t you wonder how it could be that, so late in the game, Google could have […]

Priority of Use and Trademarks

Google a utility? Not the way we thought

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-09-18 11:43:39. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI asked the following question more than a little while back in connection with the Kinderstart lawsuit against […]

IP Institutions

My brand of humor – No. 5 – Myq Kaplan

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2018-04-12 12:40:41. Republished by Blog Post PromoterIn which Myq Kaplan searches for a way to understand how — the dark arts of product […]

My Brand of Comedy

Best of 2008: Which exit did we get off, again?

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-01-22 16:03:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterPosted on September 7, 2008. Well, maybe we’ve been too hard on the Democrats here at LIKELIHOOD […]

Politics

Google’s keyword policy shift has unsurprising effect

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2009-07-24 14:38:21. Republished by Blog Post PromoterLori Weiman of Search Engine Land reports: As you may know, Google recently loosened its policy in the USA […]

Keyword Advertising

Google Copyright Blog

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2006-10-18 17:52:59. Republished by Blog Post PromoterGoogle Copyright Blog. Worth checking out. Especially now that they’ve blogrolled us, okay. But the concept is […]

YouTube, the DMCA and politics — again

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-12-30 10:38:43. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSlashdot reports: It appears that CBS and Fox have submitted DMCA takedown notices to YouTube for videos […]

INTA and the big tent (updated)

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-05-13 22:00:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterRevised from Friday’s original post. In the previous INTA post I raised the question of how a significant […]

IP Institutions

The new generic

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Ron Coleman

It is no longer the case that the appearance of your brand in the dictionary spells its doom as a protectable trademark.

Genericness and Trademarks