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Tag: Initial Interest Confusion

Posted on November 29, 2021December 8, 2021 Copyright Law Internet Law

Best of 2009: “Adverference?”

This was originally published on January 22, 2009: Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), I finally figured... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Canada: Courts can distinguish TM fraud from error

Larry Munn: The Federal Court recently made clear that Canadian law does not recognize a rule equivalent to the U.S. doctrine of fraud on the... Read more

Posted on November 2, 2019 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

He’s got the key

Eric Goldman, author of one of the bona-fide-deserving, regularly updated, ABA-Blawg-100-listed and actually fairly indispensable Technology & Marketing Law Blog updates us on a beat I’ve written on... Read more

Posted on September 20, 2019 Internet Law

The Worm Turns on “Initial Interest Confusion”

Harold Feld, vice president of the Media Access Project, writes about “initial interest confusion,” on the Wet Machine blog: Two recent developments are worthy of... Read more

Posted on May 17, 2016 Internet Law

Adverference?

Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), I finally figured out what was going on with banner ads... Read more

Posted on December 2, 2013 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Jews for Jesus v. Google and Brodsky – update and analysis

I was on a panel called “Trademark Rights vs. Free Speech” at the Fall 2000 INTA Trademarks in Cyberspace Conference with Marty Schwimmer and David... 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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