Just what we choose it to mean
Ron ColemanWhen trademark lawyers — much less judges — use a word, it means just what they choose it to mean — neither more nor less. So unsurprisingly, trademark lawyers are…
Section 2(d) and bridging the gap
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 the Second Circuit. In other…
A catalog of errors
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 rules, besides providing one reason…
Amateur trademark filings, gauzy brand aids
A very popular post around here, based on server logs and SEO power, is this one: Trademark do it yourself? In that post I dissect an article by a bright,…
Best of 2011: Trademark do it yourself?
First posted on June 28, 2011. Aaron Franklin, co-founder of LazyMeter — an intriguing project that’s still in Beta but is not what it sounds like — writes as follows…
Trademark do it yourself?
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 2.0: At first glance,…
State of the state
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 out that the Puerto Rico…
Show me the money
Ron ColemanJust 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! Most lawyers practicing in the…