Phantoms, zombies and the big problem with trademark use (Best of 2017)
Originally published May 30, 2017. I’ve got trademark use on the brain! Maybe it’s the Belmora effect — the result of living in a world in which... Read more
Tag: Use in commerce
Trademark “use in interstate commerce” and the decline of federalism (Best of 2016)
Originally posted December 17, 2016.What’s the use? Trademark use, that is. Heck, it’s getting harder to figure out what’s not “trademark use” these days, as... Read more
Bring your discomfort bag (revised and expanded)
Technology & Marketing Law Blog: “The keyword advertising legal roller-coaster continues.” As someone who is on that thrill ride — at least partly on the... Read more
Best of 2009: Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce
This was first posted on May 7, 2009. The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much... Read more
Phantoms, zombies and the big problem with trademark use
I’ve got trademark use on the brain! Maybe it’s the Belmora effect — the result of living in a world in which use of a trademark in... Read more
Trademark “use in interstate commerce” and the decline of federalism
What’s the use? Trademark use, that is. Heck, it’s getting harder to figure out what’s not “trademark use” these days, as John Welch reports: The... Read more
Blame it on chain
You’d think a catalog page would be a great way, in a trademark registration application, to show use of a trademark “in commerce” associated with... Read more
Best of 2009: “Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce”
This was first posted on May 7, 2009. The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much... Read more
Best of 2009: “Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce”
This was first posted on May 7, 2009. The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much... Read more
Wherefore art thou trademark use?
I wrote a couple of days ago — and once again got hit hard by a learned commenter who disagrees with my view of the... Read more
Secret defrauder ring (UPDATED)
I want one, too! What is the FRAUD-O-METER™? Its creator, John Welch, explains: Some say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and that... Read more
Jews for Jesus v. Google and Brodsky – update and analysis
I was on a panel called “Trademark Rights vs. Free Speech” at the Fall 2000 INTA Trademarks in Cyberspace Conference with Marty Schwimmer and David... Read more
Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce
The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much this time. Rather, it’s the question of the... Read more