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Posted on July 5, 2022 Secondary Liability

Secondary liability conference Stanford thing

What if they called a conference on secondary liability on the Internet and no one told … well, me? It happens.  I mean, that people... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Secondary Liability

Jane Coleman’s “Secondary Trademark Infringement”: Update for 2011-12

It’s here!  Jane Coleman on Secondary Trademark Infringement, the free (for now) online (for now) treatise has been updated for the coming year.  Whereas last... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Secondary Trademark Infringement treatise updated for 2010-11

From the Overview to the update of Secondary Trademark Infringement by Jane Coleman, which is now complete: Of all the contexts in which secondary liability has... Read more

Secondary Trademark Infringement Book
Posted on December 23, 2019 Secondary Liability

Secondary trademark liability and false advertising

This year’s supplement features the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Duty Free Americas, Inc. v. Estee Lauder Cos. (DFA)[1], another in a growing body of cases... Read more

John Welch of the TTABlog
Posted on December 15, 2015 Secondary Liability

Secondary liability; primary shelf

John Welch recommends Secondary Trademark Infringement, the recent Bloomberg BNA treatise,  via his TTABlog®: Jane Coleman’s online treatise has now evolved into a book published by... Read more

Posted on January 22, 2014June 20, 2014 Secondary Liability

Secondary Trademark Infringement: The Monograph

Now it’s out!  The book that transcends the Secondary Trademark Infringement website — itself now converted to a blog by Jane Coleman that will report... Read more

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Ron Coleman of the DHILLON LAW GROUP

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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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