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Tag: Sports IP

The Licensing Law Blog

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-02-21 12:11:51. Republished by Blog Post PromoterMy friend Richard Bergovoy has finally come in from the cold and, since January, has been publishing The […]

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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 […]

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Fair Use

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 […]

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

Best of 2010: Mind bobbling!

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Ron Coleman

First published on March 9, 2010. I’ve been known to sound the alarm about the rush to register trademarks, and all the more so to […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Best of 2013: A bunch of WHARTON business

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Ron Coleman

First published August 16, 2013. Steve Baird — redoubtable Steve Baird — has a great post about a bunch of trademark business involving claims by […]

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A bunch of WHARTON business

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Ron Coleman

Steve Baird — redoubtable Steve Baird — has a great post about a bunch of trademark business involving claims by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton […]

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Enforcement
College Belushi

Color my world

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Ron Coleman

For years I’ve been writing about the envelope-pushing in trademark by the business of collegiate sports.  In a like vein, but very scholarly-like, here’s a […]

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Licensing

Baseball been very, very good to lawyers

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Ron Coleman

Do you remember the lawsuit by Major League Baseball over the use of — well, not statistics, exactly, but the rights of publicity in baseball […]

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Copyright Law, Fair Use, Free Expression

Get CloutHub now. Thank me later. getclouthub.com/ron

https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/CloutHub-June-1.mp4

The Title, the Blog and the Blogger

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.

ron-coleman-lawyerAs for me, I'm Ron Coleman, a commercial litigator with a special interest in copyright and trademark law and free speech. I was also the lead lawyer for The Slants, The Band Who Must Not be Named.

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