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 and contributes to Legislating IP.
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Recent Posts from Likelihood of Confusion
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American Red Cross lands right cross against J&J
Johnson & Johnson started it. The Red Cross wins it: A federal judge last night ruled against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in its suit to stop the American Red Cross from using the Red Cross…
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One down, four to go!
Five more years until incontestability for the bestest trademark registration ever!
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Judicial circuitry
This colorful map showing which states fall into which federal judicial circuits is just plain a handy thing to have around. I am sure that, properly matted and framed, it will also make a…
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“Tolerated use”
Tim Wu (via Glenn Reynolds) says that we have to deal with the fuzzy logic of copyright enforcement in order properly to understand how copyright is, and perhaps should be, realistically enforced: “Tolerated use” is…
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Domain names only, please — if that
When is a UDRP claim more, and less, than a UDRP claim? William Morris reports: The Panel spent considerable effort recounting the facts and allegations between the parties, which involved multiple cease-and-desist letters, offers to…
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Likelihood of Success
(This is kind of an advertisement, the kind for which you get no money. Right — blogging.) Likelihood of Success is my “general interest”/politics blog. Go ahead, click. Unlike LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®, it has…
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Give it a rest!
John Welch reports on a case involving the would-be registration for IRESTMYCASE.COM, an attorney’s website, wherein the TTAB reminds us that a URL (website address) alone does not constitute a trademark.
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Creative license
David Donoghue reports on an interesting copyright issue blowing around Chicago, my home away from home: The Chicago Tribune’s Ameet Sachdev reported that an ongoing copyright dispute may be coming to a head at the…
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Adidas v. Payless
ADIDAS, right? All Day I Dream About Susan Scafidi’s definitive analysis and writeup of this hot case! (Okay, Karla?!) UPDATE: More heavy lifting: Rebecca, and Mike (pictures! yay!). (And later, an interesting angle on the…
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Goldman’s quick links
Get the big picture — Eric Goldman’s roundup on technology and marketing law developments for April.