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Posted on October 17, 2019 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Jenzabar: Blogs are sticks and stones; they hurt me.

Jenzabar, the educational software company Paul Levy and I mentioned last month (and which Overlawyered picked up) in connection with its “trademark as censorship tool”... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Internet Law

Defamation online

It’s our future.  Instapundit rounds up developments, which Julie Hilden is all over.  I’ve made my point on this topic — less a legal than... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Blogging Secondary Meaning

Best of 2009: Impolitico

Posted September 17, 2009. I first read about the brouhaha over the Politico trademark claim against the College Politico blog on Instapundit: ED MORRISSEY: “Who... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Internet Law

McCain comes clean

Senator McCain finally admits his hierarchy of values: The Constitution is nice, but a mainstream media monopoly on opinion is nicer. (Via Instapundit.) No wonder... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Internet Law

Best of 2008: No Social Networking Privilege

On Point reports that a New Jersey federal magistrate has, to the surprise of no actual attorney I could imagine, ruled that MySpace and Facebook... 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 September 18, 2019 Internet Law

“I didn’t make him for you”

Google is not a utility. Or an agent of the state, or a thing that owes anyone anything except to the extent they pay for... Read more

Posted on March 15, 2019 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

S&L v. Australian Gold: You, the Jury

Here’s S&L Vitamin’s Trial Brief for the trial scheduled for next week in the above-entitled cause.  (Or you can read it at the bottom of... Read more

CIA Headquarters - intel inside
Posted on May 8, 2018 Brand Management and Branding Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Some intel on INTEL®

BUMPED from January 1, 2010 and UPDATED due to decision (scroll to the bottom for the stunning conclusion): Had you heard about this one from... Read more

Posted on April 19, 2018 Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

Impolitico

I first read about the brouhaha over the Politico trademark claim against the College Politico blog on Instapundit: ED MORRISSEY: “Who owns the word ‘Politico’?”... Read more

Posted on October 28, 2016 Trademark registration

Blame it on chain

You’d think a catalog page would be a great way, in a trademark registration application, to show use of a trademark “in commerce” associated with... Read more

Posted on October 21, 2016 Free Expression Internet Law

Plugging leaks

[Here’s a blast from the past — RDC]:  In the New York Times: In a move that legal experts said could present a major test... 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 April 22, 2016May 4, 2016 Law Practice and Profession

Louisiana’s lawyers’ guild

Last year we screamed and shouted along with a bunch of other people and prevented New York from passing “ethics” rules that would have essentially... 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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