Photographs, tag-backs and bad facts
Ron ColemanWell… https://t.co/Tp1owKLRoy — Likelihood ®© Blog (@likely2confuse) July 22, 2019 Frankly, it’s been done before, and in the Second Circuit, you could do it, and even LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION has…
Personality disorder
When will we ever learn? The story here is about a lawsuit by lawyer Moira Bernstein, who complains, on behalf of a purported class, that by listing her plain-vanilla attorney…
Best of 2011: “Life rights”? (Making things with life?)
First posted May 23, 2011. Pittsburgh Trademark Lawyer Daniel Corbett brings us an NBA star’s attempt at a four-point shot: Post-relationship drama takes many forms, but federal court litigation under…
Best of 2011: Dubious assignations
First published on March 8, 2011. Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature at the superb, now-two-years…
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 his own admission. If you…
“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 one of the earliest, and…
Best of 2011: “Life rights”? (Making things with life?)
First posted May 23, 2011. Pittsburgh Trademark Lawyer Daniel Corbett brings us an NBA star’s attempt at a four-point shot: Post-relationship drama takes many forms, but federal court litigation under…
Best of 2011: Dubious assignations
First published on March 8, 2011. Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature at the superb, now-two-years…
“Life rights”? (Making things with life?)
Pittsburgh Trademark Lawyer Daniel Corbett brings us an NBA star’s attempt at a four-point shot: Post-relationship drama takes many forms, but federal court litigation under the Lanham Act isn’t typically…
Dubious assignations
Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature at the superb, now-two-years old Duets Blog. His novel question:…
Best of 2010: An opinion to Di for
First posted on May 5, 2010. I do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there are never any consequences for filing frivolous trademark and copyright lawsuits. What’s the…
Defacing “The Face”?
Genius! Plus studliness! Yes, in one post on his Licensing Law Blog, Richard Bergovoy brings together some of my favorite things: Jimi Hendrix-related intellectual property disputes Princess Diana-related intellectual property…
Cover me
Photo Attorney Carolyn Wright writes: Rebecca Tushnet over at the 43Blog reports on a recent case in New York where the court determined that the use of a woman’s photograph…
An opinion to Di for
I do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there are never any consequences for filing frivolous trademark and copyright lawsuits. What’s the worst thing that can happen to…