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European trademark law swinging from vines

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-06-13 23:10:33. Republished by Blog Post PromoterUnlike in the good old U.S. of A., Tarzan’s yell doesn’t cut it in Europe — at […]

Trademarks and trademark law

Major League Baseball – SDNY Balks?

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-06-28 11:50:16. Republished by Blog Post PromoterA potentially troubling (from the teams’ point of view) thought from the Southern District of New York […]

Trademarks and trademark law

War Is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-11-26 12:58:03. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAnd free speech is a form of negotiable intellectual property, right? Maybe I can give up the […]

Edifice of absurdity

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-07-29 22:57:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterVia Boing Boing — ArchitectureChicago reports that the Marina City Towers condominium association is claiming “common law […]

Buildings and IP

Patent trolls (NB: this is not about patent lawyers)

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-04-13 09:52:45. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDean Esmay has a link, and then some, on patent trolling, including an ethnic angle of interest.

Patents

More sports rent seeking from the hallowed halls of — oh, heck, it’s Alabama we’re talking about

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2006-11-12 19:43:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Imagine a university claiming not only trademark rights in all “depictions” of its NCAA paid giant […]

IP Overreaching

Fat lady sings: Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law in Designer Skin v S & L Vitamins

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-05-23 12:53:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe District of Arizona ruled today in a case we defended through trial and have reported on […]

Brand Management and Branding, Copyright Law, Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Unlovely SPAM

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-02-11 22:00:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Hormel won’t give up. And neither will Spam Arrrest, LLC (which makes a great product I […]

Stealing the Language

More fantasy sports litigation

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-04-18 14:15:29. Republished by Blog Post Promoter We wrote in the past about the bogus “right of publicity” issue and the unsuccessful attempt […]

Fair Use

Diversion, yes, but no

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-01-17 10:17:27. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSome people have all the luck in the Eastern District of New York. Whereas me — I […]

Diversion

More, more, Moore!

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-01-27 21:24:34. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOne of my favorite ever topics here on LOC has been the litigation brought by the University […]

Brand Management and Branding, Fair Use, Free Expression, Trademarks and trademark law

Jenzabar: Blogs are sticks and stones; they hurt me.

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-05-25 15:33:56. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJenzabar, the educational software company Paul Levy and I mentioned last month (and which Overlawyered picked up) […]

Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Sloppiness is its own reward — for the other side’s lawyers

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-10-06 09:52:03. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWe said a while ago that the RIAA and its ilk looked out of control. Now Walter […]

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