Not quite dead
The Google / Kinderstart suit was dismissed, with leave given to amend, in August. What sounds like oral argument regarding the amended complaint is being... Read more
Tag: Google
Best of 2007: Ideological purity
First posted on January 24, 2007. Yahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday,... Read more
Which exit did we get off, again?
Well, maybe we’ve been too hard on the Democrats here at LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®. Perhaps unlike the GOP, they’ve got good, progressive IP counsel out... Read more
Chocolate Ice Cream with Chocolate Syrup
How else to describe a post (this one) that combines two of our favorite obsessions — Google and fair use? Business Week online reports that... Read more
Complaint in Gab.AI v. Google
Now here’s something you don’t see every day. Kudos to Marc Randazza and Jordan Rushie for having the courage to file this complaint! Yes, I... Read more
Google a utility? Not the way we thought
I asked the following question more than a little while back in connection with the Kinderstart lawsuit against Google, which asserted a supposed right to a... Read more
The slide to genericide
Evan Brown writes about everyone’s favorite candidate for the dustbin of trademark history — Google. It’s obvious to me that Google has made a conscious... Read more
Best of 2009: Don’t be evil, much
Posted February 7, 2009. It was bad enough that the government has gone “in house” on copyright issues. Now not only is the government looking... Read more
INTA and the big tent (updated)
Revised from Friday’s original post. In the previous INTA post I raised the question of how a significant session discussing a significant topic — the effect... Read more
The new generic
It is no longer the case that the appearance of your brand in the dictionary spells its doom as a protectable trademark. Read more
Out-Googled
By the way, don’t get me wrong. I’m trying to cover the Google IP territory, if not comprehensively at least on the high points. But... Read more
MoveOn.org giveth
But does it then taketh away? Wired reports: The left-leaning political advocacy group, MoveOn.org, is backing down in a flap over the use of its... Read more
Google Books debate
It’s all Google, all the time in our world. (I know that because I did a Google search of our world.) So, naturally, what’s the... Read more
Best of 2007: MoveOn.org giveth
Originally posted on October 15, 2007. But does it then taketh away? Wired reports: The left-leaning political advocacy group, MoveOn.org, is backing down in a... Read more