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Best of 2006: No more Star Chamber opinions

Likelihood of Confusion

Posted on April 17, 2006. The post Best of 2006: No more Star Chamber opinions appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. The Legal Times reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adopted a historic rule change that will allow lawyers to cite so-called unpublished opinions in federal.

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Superior to lump of coal: Blawg Review Awards 2006

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The post Superior to lump of coal: Blawg Review Awards 2006 appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. “It’s a new tradition on the last Monday of each year for an anonymous editor to announce the Blawg Review Awards for the best law blogs in numerous categories.” ” This.

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Best of 2006: Starbucks — not a “preya” in Korea

Likelihood of Confusion

Evidently South Korea doesn’t have a […] The post Best of 2006: Starbucks — not a “preya” in Korea appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. No likelihood of confusion here? That’s bad enough.

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The 2006 Weblog Awards: Best Law Blog

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The post The 2006 Weblog Awards: Best Law Blog appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Vote here if you like that sort of thing! LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION? Uh, no, we’re not nominated. But it’s an honor just to be, uh, allowed to.

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Best of 2006: Side by side comparison doesn’t decide likelihood of confusion

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Originally posted on July 11, 2006. The post Best of 2006: Side by side comparison doesn’t decide likelihood of confusion appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. This is an important decision: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has partially reversed the earlier ruling of the U.S. District Court for the.

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LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® in 2006: “Is Google a utility?”

Likelihood of Confusion

I posted this in August, 2006. I don’t think the question has been answered yet: We wrote about the Kinderstart lawsuit against Google, claiming an unfairly depressed Google search rank, The post LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® in 2006: “Is Google a utility?” ” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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By Codifying the eBay Factors, RESTORE Does Not Solve the Problem of Obtaining Injunctive Relief

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In 2006, the Supreme Court upended U.S. innovation in eBay vs. MercExchange (eBay). The eBay decision mandated a four-factor test (eBay Factors) that made injunctions nearly impossible to obtain. A working paper from Professor Kristina M.L. Acri shows that eBay reduced injunctions by 91.2% for patent owners without a product and 66.7%