Likelihood of Confusion
"IP maven Ron Coleman on developments in trademark, copyright, new media and free speech."
Author: Ronald D. Coleman is a New York lawyer and author. He also authors Likelihood of Success.
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Recent Posts from Likelihood of Confusion
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Tens years of Overlawyering
Overlawyered turns 10. Congratulations! There was really blogging ten years ago? I didn’t miss the anniversary. I just didn’t want to be accused of cadging for a link.
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Holding Caulfield (corrected)
I could have linked to a million stories on this, but Publishers Weekly seems appropriate: Finding that author J.D. Salinger is “likely to succeed on the merits of its copyright case,” a federal judge granted a…
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He just bought it like that
Impulse buying, King of Pop style: Branca had a surprise for Jackson. The attorney said casually, ‘By the way, the ATV catalogue is available.’ Jackson looked puzzled. Branca added teasingly, ‘It includes a few things…
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Royal mess
Burger King’s trademark place is kind of funny. If you Google His Majesty’s Monicker along with the word TRADEMARK, you get this link, which not only asserts, naturally, his royal BURGER KING® registered mark,…
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When you’re a hammer
The whole world is a nail. Now Marty Schwimmer isn’t a hammer, because he does trademarks and not patents, see. So this post connecting Michael Jackson and intellectual property is not proof that Michael Jackson’s…
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Come, lettuce reason together
Leafy, green and non-infringing. Real judicial fiber here — cleans the whole system out, right down the line. Via @EricGoldman, by way of TechDirt.
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All true
Ruling Imagination: I may be a minority, but I find it odd to think a literary character, rather than the work he appears in, can be copyrighted. Nonetheless, the judge hearing J.D. Salinger’s lawsuit seeking…
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No endorsement here
The Media Bloggers Association president, Bob Cox, is all over the story regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s brand new Guides on Endorsements and Testimonials, which, as Bob explains, will certainly affect bloggers. In fact, one…
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Fashionably litigious
Miss Trials is a new blog, or sub-blog or something (I can’t make heads or tails of the navigation) on a site called Halogen Life. It’s written by Kelly Taylor — “a reformed politico, fashion…
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“Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury, Part 2
(Part 1 is here.) So. In light of the decision in the Thomas-Rasset case, which I first rounded up in part 1 of this first-ever two-part LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® odyssey, now I ask: How does…