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Best of 2009: “All that know-chow costs some scratch!”

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This was first posted on August 26, 2009. Legal Blog Watch: Pet food giant Purina is like a dog that won’t give up its bone — or in this case, The post Best of 2009: “All that know-chow costs some scratch!” ” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Best of 2009: “Adverference?”

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This was originally published on January 22, 2009: Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), The post Best of 2009: “Adverference?” I finally figured out what was going on. ” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Best of 2009: Dr. Yes

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Published on July 6th, 2009. The post Best of 2009: Dr. Yes appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Just a scant day after I was using the mythical man from MI6’s movie mug to mock our former colonial overlords for their upperclass-twittery, comes the.

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Best of 2009: “Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury, Part 1

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The post Best of 2009: “Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury, Part 1 appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. A lot of people, including judges, lawyers and civilians, don’t seem to really understand what statutory damages are all about. They are not supposed to be a windfall (discussed more.

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Best of 2009: I can’t stands no more!

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Published on January 6, 2009. The post Best of 2009: I can’t stands no more! The Popeye copyrights are now in the public domain in Europe. That’s copyright, not trademark. As Mark Owen, an IP lawyer at the UK firm. appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Best of 2009: The DMCA and the search engine

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Posted on August 6, 2009. The post Best of 2009: The DMCA and the search engine appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Traverse Legal: Mary Roach has a great post at CircleID on an area that we have talked about extensively, namely, copyright takedowns under the Digital Millennium Copyright.

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Best of 2009: Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce

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This was first posted on May 7, 2009. The post Best of 2009: Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much this time. Rather, it’s the.