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
Tag: Likelihood of confusion
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Not quite Christie’s, not quite Sotheby’s
But so very close to both! A branding mashup one block east of the Hyatt on East 42nd Street. Originally posted 2012-12-13 12:40:50. Republished by... Read more
Best of 2010: Dough, a dear
First posted August 11, 2010. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man wreaked some havoc in his time, but who would have thought that his inspiration — the... Read more
Best of 2011: Upper crust – the POCKET SANDWICHES croissants saga
First posted on July 15, 2011. Letters, we get letters. Sometimes people just want to share their trademark woes with me. Sometimes they want free... Read more