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Tag: Trademark Registration

Section 2(d) and bridging the gap

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Ron Coleman

In the future, if there is any singularity in trademark law, it may well come down to what what is called “bridging the gap” in […]

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Bridging the Gap

Amateur trademark filings, gauzy brand aids

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-08-20 12:15:34. Republished by Blog Post PromoterA very popular post around here, based on server logs and SEO power, is this one: Trademark […]

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Brand Management and Branding

Best of 2011: Trademark do it yourself?

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-12-24 08:50:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on June 28, 2011. Aaron Franklin, co-founder of LazyMeter — an intriguing project that’s still […]

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Law Practice and Profession

Show me the money

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Ron Coleman

Just registering or making minimal use of a domain name, much less “parking” it, is not “use in commerce.” There’s got to be some… commerce! […]

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Startups

A catalog of errors

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Ron Coleman

To register a trademark you need to provide the Patent and Trademark Office with something called a “specimen.”  The definition of “specimen” under the PTO’s […]

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TTAB Practice

State of the state

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Ron Coleman

The Actual Confusion blog reports something that, well,  I think is at least likely to cause confusion: This morning I was pleasantly suprised to find […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Trademark do it yourself?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

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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.

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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