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Rights of Publicity and Personality

Best of 2011: Dubious assignations

Ron Coleman Mar 12, 2015 0 Comments

First published on March 8, 2011. Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature at the superb, now-two-years…

Rights of Publicity and Personality

Best of 2011: Dubious assignations

Ron Coleman Dec 22, 2011 0 Comments

First published on March 8, 2011. Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature at the superb, now-two-years…

Rights of Publicity and Personality

Dubious assignations

Ron Coleman Mar 8, 2011 2 Comments

Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature at the superb, now-two-years old Duets Blog. His novel question:…

Rights of Publicity and Personality

“Excuse me while I kiss this guy”

Ron Coleman Jul 9, 2009 5 Comments

Michael Atkins, that is. Well, that’s what Hendrix always sounded to me to be saying in “Purple Haze” . Anyway, Mike continues his dogged coverage of all things Hendrix-trademarky, and…

Rights of Publicity and Personality

There must be some kind of way out of here

Ron Coleman Jul 9, 2008 0 Comments

But mediation isn’t it — in the Jimi Hendrix vodka case, that is, which Mike Atkins has been all over since last year, as we reported back then. No settlement,…

Fair Use Rights of Publicity and Personality Trademarks and trademark law

Drink to me only with thine eyes

Ron Coleman Mar 27, 2007 1 Comments

A week or so ago it was the sad story of Jimi Hendrix on the bottle. Now the TTABlog reports on another famous-dead-guy-as-booze-trademark case: Applicant Anatoliy Bondarchuk failed to fend…

Rights of Publicity and Personality

Bad “Experience”

Ron Coleman Mar 7, 2007 2 Comments

Michael Atkins reports (I added a link): Owners of the Jimi Hendrix family of trademarks have sued over use of the deceased musician’s name in connection with the marketing of…

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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