Phantoms, zombies and the big problem with trademark use (Best of 2017)
Ron ColemanOriginally 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 use of a…
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 a country that…
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 John Welch reports: The CAFC…
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 CAFC reversed the TTAB’s decision…
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 this time. Rather, it’s the…
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 is certainly true with regard…
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 this time. Rather, it’s the…
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 this time. Rather, it’s the…
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 lifecycle of a trademark’s “use…
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 matter — about the Second…
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 the goods or services being…
Bring your discomfort bag (revised and expanded)
Ron ColemanTechnology & Marketing Law Blog: “The keyword advertising legal roller-coaster continues.” As someone who is on that thrill ride — at least partly on the dime of my clients (as…
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 Bernstein. (Five years later I’m…