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Posted on April 29, 2022 Section 2(a)

Redskins redux

Remember the Washington Redskins trademark tussle? CNBC reports that it’s back — again — and better than ever. This time the focus is an interesting... Read more

Posted on December 11, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Immoral / scandalous test lives at PTO

John Welch reports on a denial of a Spanish-language mark upheld on that basis, which continues to puzzle me, though it does not bother me... Read more

Posted on October 26, 2021 Section 2(a)

Redskins redux 2

I didn’t have a chance to mention that last month, the order denying the legal challenge to the Washington Redskin’s use of its trademark American... Read more

Stop Islamization of America Logo
Posted on October 19, 2021 Free Expression Trademarks and trademark law

Mark their words

Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs — two websites run by friends of mine who have very clearly articulated views about Islamic radicalism, and controversial ones... Read more

Posted on October 8, 2021 Section 2(a)

The only unmentionable trademark?

We alluded to this story in an earlier post. Evidently Daman Wayans’s attempt to file a trademark application for the word “Nigga” continues to hit... Read more

Posted on August 20, 2021August 23, 2021 Patents

No more Wikipedia…

… for Patent Examiners. Trademark practitioners are, however, still stuck with it and its unpredictable effects. Originally posted 2014-08-07 16:31:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Trademark do it yourself?

Aaron Franklin, co-founder of LazyMeter — an intriguing project that’s still in Beta but is not what it sounds like — writes as follows on Seattle... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Uncategorized

How to describe a Catch 22

Michael Hall considers the PTO’s “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” policy, by which it uses trademark registrations as evidence to refuse new applications on... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Costumes and Clothing

Chippendales shimmies up to the Circuit

Hot (if unlike LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® you go for that sort of thing) off the presses — here’s the appellate brief in the Chippendale’s appeal of... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Canada: Courts can distinguish TM fraud from error

Larry Munn: The Federal Court recently made clear that Canadian law does not recognize a rule equivalent to the U.S. doctrine of fraud on the... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Mutilated marks

The TTABlog tracks the latest learning on “mutilated” (incomplete) trademarks, or at least purportedly incomplete ones. You just have to read John Welch’s blog on... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Uncategorized

What’s all this I hear about geographically misdescriptive?

The TTABlog presents, in effect, a primer, based on a recent Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision, on the concept of why you cannot register... Read more

Bulls Eye
Posted on May 28, 2021 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

Sean Connery with Walther
Posted on May 28, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Trademark attorneys shaken AND stirred over Walther product configuration TM ruling

Who says the Commissioner of Trademarks is “Dr. No”? To the contrary, some trademark registration applications Only Live Twice — and that’s quite enough.  John... 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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