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Posted on May 7, 2022May 12, 2022 Copyright Law

Humdinger of a copyright case

How can a statute of limitations for copyright infringement bar a state law claim for an accounting of profits between co-authors brought under diversity jurisdiction?... Read more

Posted on March 28, 2022 Litigation

Tanked?

Cartier sued Apple last week, and before I had a chance to figure it out, they either un-sued them or announced that they were about... Read more

Posted on February 11, 2022 Fair Use

An opinion to Di for

I do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there are never any consequences for filing frivolous trademark and copyright lawsuits. What’s the worst... Read more

Posted on January 28, 2022February 1, 2022 Litigation

Trial call

Unbelievable day at trial in the Designer Skin v. S&L case yesterday.  Maybe we’ll talk about it some day. Let’s see how today goes! Have... Read more

Posted on November 16, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

Best of 2010: Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch

The Second Circuit, unsurprisingly according to most commentators, has affirmed the decision of the Southern District of New York refusing to find eBay liable for... Read more

Posted on September 24, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Bringing big IP plaintiffs down a peg — or two

Mike Atkins is paying attention to Microsoft’s IP docket, as a Seattle Trademark Lawyer will do. He’s reporting about a default judgment and award the... Read more

Posted on July 7, 2021 Internet Law

No social networking privilege

On Point reports that a New Jersey federal magistrate has, to the surprise of no actual attorney I could imagine, ruled that MySpace and Facebook postings... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021June 28, 2021 Damages

“Infinity Dollars”: IP damages and the jury, Part 1

A lot of people, including judges, lawyers and civilians, don’t seem to really understand what statutory damages are all about.  They are not supposed to... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fair Use Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2010: An opinion to Di for

First posted on May 5, 2010. I do a lot of bellyaching around here about how there are never any consequences for filing frivolous trademark... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fashion Law

Best of 2006: Side by side comparison doesn’t decide likelihood of confusion

Originally posted on July 11, 2006. This is an important decision: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has partially reversed the earlier ruling of the... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Copyright Law

Someone dropped in an extra zero, right? RIGHT?

It’s a month-old story, and how it got past us here notwithstanding, it’s not getting past us now.  Per the ABA Journal, remember the Bratz... Read more

Posted on June 11, 2021 Uncategorized

More oozes out from the Kinderstart litigation

Eric Goldman has the transcript from the oral argument we reported on last month. He’s still betting on Google. Originally posted 2009-09-30 23:33:13. Republished by... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Fee Shifting

Show me the money

Copyright is happening all over the place! Now, a slight digression from the stemwinder I’m about to release here on fee shifting in copyright cases.... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Uncategorized

Sloppiness is its own reward — for the other side’s lawyers

We said a while ago that the RIAA and its ilk looked out of control. Now Walter Olson reports that now the RIAA might have... 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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