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Arnold Palmer and the Perfect Brand

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-11-11 10:39:03. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAs seen in the Benny Goodman case in the TTAB, celebrity, brand power and trademark rights may outlive a […]

Rights of Publicity and Personality

Aereo (Part One): Angry Like (a) Fox

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2013-04-10 14:38:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSo: Aereo, right? Kind of a big deal. You might want to read about it. Maybe we […]

Distribution systems

The Licensing Law Blog

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-02-21 12:11:51. Republished by Blog Post PromoterMy friend Richard Bergovoy has finally come in from the cold and, since January, has been publishing The […]

LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

And a hard place…

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-10-14 21:56:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFigure this one! Michael Cohen — who, now that I think of it, does kind of slather […]

Brand Management and Branding, Trademarks and trademark law

No tolls for trolls

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Ron Coleman

The thing about copyright law we all understand is that no one understands it. We have all written about the old Righthaven copyright trolling scam, as everyone […]

“Dear Licensor” — Part II

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-04-09 07:50:28. Republished by Blog Post PromoterLast spring I excerpted from and linked to an article by my friends Richard Bergovoy (of the Licensing Law […]

Licensing

That’s a wrap

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2007-04-15 23:43:30. Republished by Blog Post PromoterForget about the IP rights in those MTA symbols — you can probably use them however you […]

Brand Management and Branding

Will New York State Go With (the) Flo (& Eddie)?

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Matthew David Brozik

Every once in a great while comes along an intellectual property law decision so significant that blawgers fall over themselves and each other in the scramble to write something pithy about it. The April 13, 2016, decision from the Second Circuit in Flo & Eddie, Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. is not such a case.

Now you can go Holmes again!

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2014-01-03 09:48:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Watson.” “Watson who?” “Not much. But there is this […]

Public Domain

Stand by me?

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-10-15 11:38:17. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDoes anyone write a better lead sentence in trademark blogging than Pamela Chestek?: International Importers v. International […]

Law Practice and Profession

Gratuitous link to trademark case based on mark that sounds like a bad word

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-07-21 14:45:05. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWhat gets written on the Las Vegas Trademark Attorney blog just can’t resist not staying on the […]

Trademarks and trademark law