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Tag: Scandalous or offensive marks

Posted on November 20, 2012December 4, 2012 TTAB Practice

Best of 2008: “‘Scandalousness’ Remains a Lightning Rod at the TTAB'” (September)

This was posted on September 24, 2008: John Welch reports on an interesting, not quite safe for home viewing case called Boston Red Sox Baseball... Read more

Posted on September 2, 2008June 25, 2014 Section 2(a)

Football Redskins live to fight another day

This story won’t die — especially judging from the prominence of related words among search terms that reach this blog.  The latest, which we missed... Read more

Posted on July 17, 2005October 18, 2018 Section 2(a)

Political Correctness Trademark Battle Continues

We haven’t heard the last of the fight over the Washington Redskins trademark fight. The AP reports that the earlier decision rejecting the challenge based... 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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