Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 14, 2024

Last week’s topical tweets via @roncoleman: RT @LawWriting There is no great writing, only great rewriting. ~ ~ Justice Louis Brandeis RT @MegLG Redskins litigants win support from psychologists, justice advocates in TM expungement suit [link] RT @westlaw Headnote of the Day for 10/29/09: “Suggestive marks” are as easy as Eskimo Pie (..)

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Michael Young: It is not often a case hits upon two of our favorite topics: Trade secrets and pie. The post Pie in the sky appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. But when it does, mmmmmmmm, it’s good to be an attorney.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Speaking of nonsense, here’s topical tweeting that went out via @roncoleman in the last few. The post The Tweet days of summer appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. If it’s not broiling it’s flooding. Just try a vacation in this nonsense.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Here is some of the topical microblogging I’ve done lately: I like creative phrases like this and think it is great that people sell. The post Heard in the tweetosphere appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Microblogging is all the new thing.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

That’s one thing I learned at the New York Intellectual Property Law Association’s “Hot Topics in” all kinds of stuff CLE seminar last Wednesday, July 17th, from Marty Schwimmer. The post Yes, Virginia, domain names do matter appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Here are some topical highlights of the wisdom I have distributed in the last month or so to the madding crowd following me down my street via Twitter @roncoleman: @ericgoldman: The post On the tweet where you live appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Here are some topical tweets by others of likely interest to LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® readers that I’ve passed along to members of my Twitter social network in the last couple. The post Topical tweets appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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MARCH 8, 2022

In the previous INTA post I raised the question of how a significant session discussing a significant topic — the effect of developments in keyword advertising. The post Best of 2012: INTA and the big tent appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. First posted on May 13, 2012.In

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Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 3, 2022

“Failure to function as a trademark” is a favorite topic around here, and it’s getting more and more attention. The post Failure to … whatever appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Except when it’s not. What am I talking about?

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

One of my favorite ever topics here on LOC has been the litigation brought by the University of Alabama against painter Daniel Moore for unauthorized artistic depiction of trademarks. appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. The post More, more, Moore!

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

added its opinion on the topic. In today’s ever-evolving online world, the intersection between trademark infringement and the use of trademarks as meta tags is an issue receiving more and more attention. Peninsula Components, Inc. On these facts, the answer was “no.” ” Read more

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 18, 2023

Paul Alan Levy sends this along: The latest abuse of trademark law to suppress discussion of topics of substantial public interest comes from not from a company, like most of. The post Grand Old Persecution appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 25, 2023

From last week’s INTA Trademark Topics email discussion list. The post Best of 2010: Trademarks, copyright, brand equity, and rent-seeking: Soapbox 2010 appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. First posted on January 17, 2010. One name has been changed to protect the innocent, and the links, by way of.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It’s on a favorite topic of mine, namely intellectual property rights (supposed ones, that is) in buildings: A three dimensional building will rarely serve as a trademark. An owner of a mark needs consistency to create […] The post Pro shutterbug’s guide to IP appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 31, 2023

The Powerline blog, appropriately, undertakes the definitive (if only preliminary) deconstruction and rebuttal of journalistic fraud Mary Mapes’s new revisionist history on the topic of last summer’s Dan Rather “fake.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MAY 8, 2023

A little topical tweeting music from the last few weeks via @roncoleman: @VBalasubramani: State of Israel buys @Israel Twitter acct from Isr. The post How Tweet it is appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Melendez (porn pdxr) | Hope they autoclave it.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 19, 2023

” check out this lede from Pamela Chestek on the topic of comestible love itself slathered with gooey IP: If you’re interested. appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Truly scrumptious: Speaking again of “what’s not to love?,” The post Triple chocolate!

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 21, 2021

It’s been a long while since I did a roundup of recent topical tweets here. The post Something in the air appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. That is not by any stretch of the imagination a good reason to do one.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Here’s some of the topical stuff I passed along @roncoleman via Twitter since the last time I rounded up these squawks: RT @TTABlog: TTAB Requires Amendment of Fraud Counterclaim in. The post De agony of de tweet appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

It’s time, with the crisp all in the air, to take a look back at the endless summer that wasn’t (wasn’t so endless) — topical tweets via @roncoleman: Web investigations put. The post Fall a-twitter appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

On topics not involving politics, regarding which the paper is hopelessly corrupt, it’s still very good.) The post Inevitable lawsuit by music people against MySpace appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. The Times gets the story down. (On

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I picked up a link on this topic from today’s Instapundit and have now gotten a little into this constitutional law tussle on Gene Volokh’s website. The post “Constitution in Exile” – Visiting with the law prof blogs appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. I try to get.

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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 19, 2021

Defamation and reputation management are issues of intense interest at LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®. Obviously cultural context means a lot when considering these two related topics. The post “The Victorian compromise” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Here Daniel Solove reviews Professor.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

But to keep the pot boiling, I will share a topical decision. The post College review website: Not hardly infringing anything, says SDNY appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Out of respect for the Passover holiday, which ends next Tuesday night, I am not blogging as such.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 5, 2023

Michael Hall of Registration Ruminations is wrestling, as more and more trademark practitioners are, with the increasingly ubiquitous problem of inconsistency within the PTO on trademark registrations — a topic on. appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. The post But you let THEM register a trademark like that!

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I can’t remember the last time I rounded up recent topical Twitter tweets via this blog’s likely2confuse feed, and I’m not even going to try to backfill that far. The post In like a lion – This March on Twitter appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 18, 2021

David Bernstein weighs in on an issue, not irrelevant to this blog (where the First Amendment is a topic), I blogged about on Dean’s World a few weeks ago (I. The post One nation, under gods appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Resurrection is a popular topic in branding and trademarks. The post Resurrection appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. There’s Tylenol, of course, which returned from a near-death experience; and Pepsi, which promised to provide one. Now William Lozito at.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The reason must be because we write about sub-niche topics here which for some reason not everyone finds fascinating. The post Weblog awards appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. We never win, so it’s not about that. But you can.

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

The Gray Blog is dedicated solely to the topic of gray market or “parallel market” goods, a subject near and dear to my heart. The post The Gray Blog appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Now this is interesting! It’s a.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One of my favorite trademark topics. The post Grey goods for luxury come of age appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. It’s happening!

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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 26, 2021

From last week’s INTA Trademark Topics email discussion list. The post Trademarks, copyright, brand equity, and rent-seeking: Soapbox 2010 appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. One name has been changed to protect the innocent, and the links, by way of annotation, have been added, as have.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The TTAB did not address any likelihood of confusion factors, issues of priority, or other substantive issues. The TTAB did not address any likelihood of confusion factors, issues of priority, or other substantive issues. RLP Ventures, LLC v. Panini America, Inc. , 91268816 (TTAB 2023).

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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 23, 2021

rapper called The Stupendium nails so much about how things work on the Internet these days that it even includes topical commentary on click-wrap licenses, thus qualifying. The post The Stupendium: “The Data Stream” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 22, 2022

I’ve made my point on this topic — less a legal than a cultural observation. The post Defamation online appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. It’s our future. Instapundit rounds up developments, which Julie Hilden is all over. Originally posted.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 19, 2024

The Board was not impressed, pointing out once again that: “[the] likelihood of confusion determination must be made on the basis of the goods or services as identified in the application and the registration, rather than on the basis of what the evidence might show the applicant’s or registrant’s actual goods or services to be.”

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

3D trade marks are always a topic of interest, with some proprietors despairing as to whether trade mark law will provide them with any practical protection. The recent decision of the EUIPO’s Board of Appeal may provide some comfort. Class 21: Camping grills. Class 39: Rental of recreational vehicles. Its EUTM Registration No.

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