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Tag: Social Media

Yelp for evidence

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-03-05 17:36:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAnonymous online comments as proof of a LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION at the preliminary injunction stage? Evan Brown explains: […]

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Likelihood of Confusion

You are the product

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Great white paper on this issue by ?@RonColeman?. If you’re really concerned about this, dive deeper before marking arguments. ?? https://t.co/lyGkhNKqHL — Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) […]

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Section 230

Facebook’s new and improved speech police

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Ron Coleman

What could possibly go wrong? Let’s ask Brendan Carr, a member of the Federal Communications Commission. Click through for the whole thread but don’t . […]

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Free Expression
NYSBA Social Media Ethics Guidelines 2019

Social media guidelines for lawyers from the NYSBA

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Ron Coleman

You’ve heard about the new NYSBA Social Media Ethics Guidelines, right? Hear more about it at the @nyipla one-day seminar on Nov. 13th

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Law Practice and Profession

Clothiers and disclosure (Best of 2016)

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2016-12-21 13:38:19. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on May 6, 2016. Interesting.  This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The […]

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Disclosure
Parody Chik-fil-A Twitter

Please unfollow

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Is it me? I don’t think it’s me.

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Parody and Satire

Photographs, tag-backs and bad facts

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Well… 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 […]

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Photography

The Section 230 Illusion

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Ron Coleman

My first contribution to the newly reconfigured Human Events: NEW: The Section 230 Illusion. Publisher or Platform? What if it doesn’t matter? Check out the […]

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Section 230

Malice aforethought

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Ron Coleman

It’s me, on the Michael Malice show, talking about censorship, social media and The Slants case.

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Free Expression

Clothiers and disclosure

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2016-05-06 13:38:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Interesting.  This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The Fashion Law: The newest group […]

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Disclosure

Social media is evidence

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Earlier this month (on August 15, 2016), two of my Archer & Greiner colleagues, Dan Farino and  Douglas Leney, published an article in the National […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Likelihood of peregrination – Minnesota CLE

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Ron Coleman

I’ve been ’round so long I don’t hardly even know what square is.  I want to thank Minnesota CLE for having me on February 16, 2016.  You can […]

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Blogging

Best of 2013: Yelp for evidence

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Ron Coleman

Originally published on March 5, 2013. Anonymous online comments as proof of a LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION at the preliminary injunction stage? Evan Brown explains: In a […]

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Likelihood of Confusion

Commercial, Trademark and Free Speech Litigation

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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 legal issues related to blogging. That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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