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An inquiry sent to the Attorney General in 1925. pic.twitter.com/sj66YBFhwb
— Zvi S. Rosen (@zvisrosen) December 19, 2019
Chinese national charged for selling $23.8 million worth of counterfeit on @amazon and @eBay
— Eva Fu (@EvaSailEast) December 23, 2019
The brands impacted include @Apple, @Dell, @HP, and @Toshiba. https://t.co/NGVL24xgh6
writer: what’s the word i want here, is it trademarks? or patents?
— alexandra j. roberts (@lexlanham) December 24, 2019
editor: yeah, i think it’s both. just put both, can’t go wrong. it’s called the patent AND trademark office after all.
writer: you’re so wise pic.twitter.com/NCojJAR5ze
#brand #integrity https://t.co/gh3igsACrc
— Likelihood ®© Blog (@likely2confuse) December 26, 2019
Watch how they cut Trump out of Home Alone. This is 1984 level pic.twitter.com/xkJaVfTWYg
— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) December 26, 2019
Biggest takeaway this year: A huge social media footprint doesn’t mean large conversion rates. There are so many w/ big followings who can’t get people to listen to their podcasts, buy their products, become Patrons, etc…
— Adryana (@RedPilledChica) December 29, 2019
Good content nets growth.
How funny would it be if someone got a®? for the mark “namely” in connection with trademark legal services? C&Ds would be flying all over the place.
— Counsel for Startups (@BlaierLaw) December 29, 2019
How funny would it be if someone got a®? for the mark “namely” in connection with trademark legal services? C&Ds would be flying all over the place.
— Counsel for Startups (@BlaierLaw) December 29, 2019
I follow mostly IP lawyers and linguists on here and the former group will not be surprised that I fully expected this to be a thread about patent claiming https://t.co/UoEJdCGBCO
— alexandra j. roberts (@lexlanham) January 10, 2020
No, morons, a copyright dispute (which this wasn’t) is NOT an example of any sort of trademark battles.
— Frank Lloyd Righteous, “rare Deepwater Jew” (@BostonDelendEst) January 10, 2020
This is embarrassingly basic, and you should be ashamed. Delete your account.
Cc: @RonColeman https://t.co/WSfFPJcqoi
Pretty wild: AI-generated article is entitled to copyright protection rules Chinese Court.
— Keith Lee (@associatesmind) January 13, 2020
Have US courts said anything on this issue? https://t.co/wncI87FLlo pic.twitter.com/rtR6Ir6CwG
Dear @Apple: What’s your unbiased advice on what I need in my life right now https://t.co/MWT9s8BMGK
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) November 4, 2019
Adland resurrected – heck we do it to dead movie stars and ad slogans, so why not Adland itself.https://t.co/9Vi1cCxoBg pic.twitter.com/BlLkRcZePb
— adland ® (@adland) January 15, 2020
I say if it’s yours and you post in on an embeddable platform, you’ve given permission to the world to use it. Period.
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) January 15, 2020
Instagram vs Reality pic.twitter.com/07AmX9lKKF
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) January 15, 2020
Any animal species that has been commercialized by Disney can safely be described as overrated https://t.co/whW07NhoDz
— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) January 17, 2020
I don’t know how I could have forgotten that I once wrote about copyright/trademark litigation involving farting dolls. I’ll bet @RonColeman knows the case.https://t.co/53yHgvmrPP pic.twitter.com/oqoAYPqP7j
— Pillage Idiot (@pillageidiot) January 17, 2020
— Bad Legal Takes (@BadLegalTakes) January 17, 2020
A look at the legality of the $25 billion luxury resale economy. https://t.co/chWdFmD6xt pic.twitter.com/o1uPqGBLtO
— The Fashion Law (@TheFashionLaw) January 19, 2020
I remember these as being beautiful stores. But the retailing business, and the roles of paper in our lives, are changing. https://t.co/2wbRO71bzn
— Walter Olson (@walterolson) January 22, 2020
Google not liable over ‘hotlinked’ image, rules English court https://t.co/HgmEfsjp9l #Copyright
— Olivera Medenica (@omedenica) January 22, 2020
Muzik Inc, an ex-client of Perkins Coie, has sued the law firm for malpractice and fraud, alleging that an attorney who represented it failed to file its patent applications and then lied about it, costing the company “hundreds of millions of dollars” https://t.co/j9NTYpXiPy
— ????? (@chiIIum) January 23, 2020
For those excitedly tweeting that Trump stole the Star Trek logo!!!!, the patch on the left was the existing Air Force Command logo.
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) January 24, 2020
The same one I wore as a Lieutenant in 2005. pic.twitter.com/mYb60YioBP
what’s the point in having a blue check if i can’t harass brand accounts for shitty service? https://t.co/HnveK1NQ4N
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) January 26, 2020
https://t.co/ECqwVBmlQk
— (((David Brower))) (@dbrower) January 29, 2020
See, bad idea. @likely2confuse
My Master’s degree used to be the most expensive piece of paper I owned. Then, I finally got the trademark registration for @theslants. pic.twitter.com/qD0jzR0Axg
— Simon Tam (@SimonTheTam) January 29, 2020
“Journalists” – stop writing about law if you don’t even know what the FUCKING WORDS MEAN.
— Marc J. Randazza (@marcorandazza) January 30, 2020
YOU CAN NOT PATENT A NAME. https://t.co/yXQJYgKyoZ
Good thing nobody abuses our patent system https://t.co/66tOws9kDp
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) January 30, 2020
It is 2020, but you still can’t review TTAB records from the USPTO (other than the 1st page) from your mobile device ? pic.twitter.com/3SR6hPHD4I
— Erik Pelton® (@tm4smallbiz) February 4, 2020
This court opinion starts: “Plaintiff Terrance Williams contends that he invented anime, one of the world’s most popular styles of animation” https://t.co/iqkhOTcW6K Any guesses how successful that argument was in court? pic.twitter.com/PMax45qzC4
— Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman) February 5, 2020
Lazy? Don’t want to create anything new but still want to virtue signal? No problem, there’s an easy fix for that! https://t.co/DqHO8ec7xY
— Eddie Scarry (@eScarry) February 5, 2020
I agree TM law is the best type of law to practice, and love this donut shape, but don’t think this design functions as a mark. Trademark law should not be used to stop others from selling donuts with creative designs. Copyright might protect original works, but for limited times https://t.co/5cbvr58ZeV
— Lisa P Ramsey (@LPRamsey) February 6, 2020
