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Trademarks and trademark law Use as a Trademark

What’s the (Trademark) Use? INTA 2017

Ron Coleman Apr 19, 2021 0 Comments

This is wild. I didn’t know they did this! But they did. Look, you can watch not talking heads, but the screen (showing our PowerPoints!) from our panel presentation from…

Meet the Bloggers

Meet the Bloggers at INTA 2019!

Ron Coleman May 5, 2019 0 Comments

MEET THE BLOGGERS at #INTA2019 in Boston will be on Monday, May 20th, 8:00 - 10:00 PM, at "Kings Bowl." INTA attendess of all but one shape are urged to…

Law Practice and Profession

INTA does the right thing

Ron Coleman Aug 3, 2017 0 Comments

I’m glad I got my grumbling in before this hit my inbox: The International Trademark Association (INTA) is pleased to announce the launch of its Pro Bono Trademark Clearinghouse. An…

Humor

Welcome from Barcelona!

Ron Coleman May 20, 2017 2 Comments

Thread. First time I’ve shown up at the @INTA host city so early. Turns out I’ve missed the local celebrations marking our arrival. #INTA17 pic.twitter.com/8uiDUt9Rwu — Likelihood ®© Blog (@likely2confuse)…

Blogging

Conoce a los bloggers – INTA Barcelona 2017

Ron Coleman Apr 21, 2017 0 Comments

Ay, Dios mio… viviendo el sueño. ¿Es realmente posible en nuestro mundo tanto triste y prosaico? ¡Di me, Elvis! ¡Di me la verdad! Yes, yes, yes! The trademark bloggers are…

IP Institutions

INTA’s magic kingdom

Ron Coleman May 27, 2016 2 Comments

Waiting in line for my choc shake . Thanks @cantabip for organizing: #INTA16 Tweetup official group photo. pic.twitter.com/IgMYNy0YGE — Kenneth L. Kunkle (@Kunkle_Law) May 23, 2016 This year’s annual meeting…

Trademarks and trademark law

Proof of God’s existence

Ron Coleman Apr 7, 2015 0 Comments

“@INTA: Stephen Hawking applies to #trademark name: http://t.co/yWlSZNGJk1” | “Trademark” is not a verb. Who are you? — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) March 30, 2015

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Meet the Bloggers X

Ron Coleman May 6, 2014 1 Comments

No, LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® won’t be at The INTA this year and so I won’t be co-sponsoring Meet the Bloggers X. Actually, the second doesn’t necessarily follow from the first,…

Law Practice and Profession

Best of 2013: It’s fun to stay at the U-N-T-A!

Ron Coleman Dec 27, 2013 0 Comments

First published May 19, 2013. Last year there was much Strum und Drang here about INTA — sorry, I mean The I-N-T-A!, which stands for International Trademark Association! (now there’s…

IP Institutions

Trademark misuse at the AIPLA

Ron Coleman Oct 28, 2013 2 Comments

Down at the bottom of this post is a PDF of my paper, included in the CLE materials for a panel on which I was a participant at the American…

Law Practice and Profession

It’s fun to stay at the U-N-T-A!

Ron Coleman May 9, 2013 6 Comments

Last year there was much Strum und Drang here about INTA — sorry, I mean The I-N-T-A!, which stands for International Trademark Association! now there’s some INTA branding wisdom for…

IP Institutions Law Practice and Profession

Meet the Bloggers – INTA, Dallas, 2013!

Ron Coleman Apr 23, 2013 0 Comments

What else is there to say? Of course you’re invited!

IP Institutions

Best of 2012: INTA and the big tent

Ron Coleman Dec 24, 2012 0 Comments

First posted on May 13, 2012.In the previous INTA post I raised the question of how a significant session discussing a significant topic — the effect of developments in keyword…

IP Institutions

A long blog thread’s journey INTA night

Ron Coleman May 16, 2012 2 Comments

Now: I had mentioned that the Managing IP link I provided in the first INTA post alluded to some pretty interesting fireworks involving the “empty chair” in this debate, i.e.,…

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