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Tag: Obama

Posted on June 17, 2021 Politics

Obama-Biden on IP

Do IP lawyers and other aficionados of the abstract estate vote for presidential candidates based on their IP policies? That would be sick. But if... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Fair Use

“We cannot allow our brand to be abused”

Originally posted on November 13, 2008. What “brand” is that? The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brand. The greed of the King “branders” was... Read more

Posted on November 3, 2019 Rights of Publicity and Personality

Head of State

Sounds almost ordinary enough at first — this tweet from @EFF: Another Obama image fair use controversy: http://bit.ly/vhWCk Oh, sure. Another vhWCk?!  What are you,... Read more

Posted on December 22, 2014 Rights of Publicity and Personality

Icon icon: “I conned”

Shepard Fairey, he of the icon con, is about to be the other kind of con — the “vict” kind, as Jim Treacher explains: By... Read more

Posted on October 12, 2011December 28, 2014 Copyright Law

Iconography

Last week it was the O-Team preparing for lightning raids on Obama-brand-equity rustlers.  But maybe the Obama Administration needs to set its own  White House ... Read more

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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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