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Tag: Use in commerce

Posted on September 2, 2022 Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on August 11, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on May 28, 2021 Trademark registration

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

Posted on May 24, 2021 Keyword Advertising

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

Posted on May 24, 2021 TTAB Practice

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

Posted on May 30, 2017May 30, 2017 Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on November 17, 2016August 9, 2021 Trademark registration

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

Posted on October 28, 2016 Trademark registration

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

Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 TTAB Practice

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

Posted on May 13, 2015 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on August 7, 2014 TTAB Practice

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

Posted on December 2, 2013 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on December 10, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

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

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