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Tag: Use in commerce

Phantoms, zombies and the big problem with trademark use (Best of 2017)

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2017-12-31 09:07:03. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published May 30, 2017. I’ve got trademark use on the brain! Maybe it’s the Belmora effect — the […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Trademark “use in interstate commerce” and the decline of federalism (Best of 2016)

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2016-12-26 07:37:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally posted December 17, 2016.What’s the use? Trademark use, that is.  Heck, it’s getting harder to figure […]

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Trademark registration

Phantoms, zombies and the big problem with trademark use

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Trademark “use in interstate commerce” and the decline of federalism

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Trademark registration

Blame it on chain

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-11-03 01:09:48. Republished by Blog Post PromoterYou’d think a catalog page would be a great way, in a trademark registration application, to show […]

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Trademark registration

Bring your discomfort bag (revised and expanded)

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-06-17 16:41:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterTechnology & Marketing Law Blog: “The keyword advertising legal roller-coaster continues.” As someone who is on that […]

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Keyword Advertising

Best of 2009: “Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce”

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2009-12-27 16:56:22. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThis was first posted on May 7, 2009. The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but […]

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TTAB Practice

Best of 2009: “Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce”

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2009-12-27 16:56:22. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThis was first posted on May 7, 2009. The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Wherefore art thou trademark use?

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Ron Coleman

I wrote a couple of days ago — and once again got hit hard by a learned commenter who disagrees with my view of the […]

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Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2009: Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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TTAB Practice

Secret defrauder ring (UPDATED)

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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TTAB Practice

Jews for Jesus v. Google and Brodsky – update and analysis

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Internet Law, Trademarks and trademark law

Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Trademarks and trademark law

Commercial, Trademark and Free Speech Litigation

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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.

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