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Tag: Likelihood of confusion

Bulls Eye
Posted on February 18, 2023 Trademarks and trademark law

Web 2.0, but nothing’s changed

Remember the silliness over the attempt by a certain attorney to secure trademark rights for CYBERLAWYER?  The notable part about how that went down was... Read more

Posted on October 10, 2022 Trademarks and trademark law

Major League Baseball – SDNY Balks?

A potentially troubling (from the teams’ point of view) thought from the Southern District of New York in a case brought by Major League Baseball... Read more

Posted on July 31, 2022 IP Overreaching

Upper crust: the POCKET SANDWICHES (and maybe croissants) saga (Part 2 of 2)

[stextbox id=”info”]Last week I told the story — as told through this TTAB opinion — of Carl Vennitti’s seven-year tug of war with Nestlé, maker of... Read more

Posted on June 3, 2022 Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

That special something that says “infringement”

Paul Alan Levy sends along this heartwarming news about the Jenzabar case: In a ruling this week, a Massachusetts trial judge upheld the free speech rights... Read more

Posted on January 8, 2022 Trademarks and trademark law

Restaurant knockoffs

Michael Atkins writes about the frustrations of a restaurant owner who seems to think — oddly, for someone who’s already hired a lawyer — he... Read more

Posted on October 9, 2021 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Second Circuit and the whole of the law on confusion

This is big, but stay calm.   Though I hardly can. I took some heat a little while ago for suggesting, contrary to my generally skeptical... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Copyright Law Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

Bag It

Remember Vuitton v. Dooney? It’s over. Reports the Shiny Style blog: A judge ruled in favor of Dooney & Bourke in the trademark dispute involving... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

Upper crust – the POCKET SANDWICHES croissants saga (Part 1 of 2)

Letters, we get letters. Sometimes people just want to share their trademark woes with me.  Sometimes they want free advice, or cheap advice, or just... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Sue you in the funny papers!

Duets Blog presents the exciting, amply illustrated and, potentially, graphically violent story of the company that thought it could capture the powers of a one-of-a-kind,... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fashion Law

Best of 2006: Side by side comparison doesn’t decide likelihood of confusion

Originally posted on July 11, 2006. This is an important decision: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has partially reversed the earlier ruling of the... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 IP Overreaching

Dumb bomb

Courthouse News Service picks up on a final ruling in a case that made everyone titter last fall: A Long Island man infringed on Pfizer’s... Read more

Posted on April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Just what we choose it to mean

When trademark lawyers — much less judges — use a word, it means just what they choose it to mean — neither more nor less.... Read more

Posted on March 24, 2021 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

But it is the Dark Side? Or just plain old The Force?

Evan Brown:  “Behold the power of in rem actions“: In rem actions over domain names are powerful tools. A trademark owner can undertake these actions... Read more

Posted on April 23, 2020 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Good News: I Saved a Lot of Money on Litigation

Looking for the Geico v. Google decision?  Here it is. More to come…. UPDATE: I didn’t exactly mean more litigation — but I guess we... Read more

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