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7 trademark tips for blog owners

Erik K Pelton

Trademark Tips for Blog Owners. For example, one of my favorite blog titles is a cheese blog called It’s Not You, It’s Brie®. Before committing to a name, blog authors should search the internet and the trademark database at USPTO.gov to make sure it is unique in your industry. Be creative. Use proper trademark symbols.

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Blog “brand confusion”

Likelihood of Confusion

The post Blog “brand confusion” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Guys, whichever of you calls me first gets to retain me. UPDATE: Is insanity a plea in a trademark infringement case? Originally posted 2007-05-09 17:31:23. Republished.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

Another week, another review of the latest news from the surrounding IP blogs! Paul Keller reports on the Kluwer Copyright Blog. Gianluca Campus discusses the balance between cloud services and private copying levy in his analysis of the AG Hogan’s Opinion in the Austro-Mechana case (C-433-20), published for the Kluwer Copyright Blog.

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A blog just for knockoffs

Likelihood of Confusion

If trademark infringement is of any interest to you, you have to bookmark Counterfeit Chic, which describes itself as a blog “about the culture of the copy within the multi-billion. The post A blog just for knockoffs appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 21 Episode 3

Dragons' Den

If you scored our Dragons' Den IP Blog highly, make sure to subscribe and look out for next week's edition! Without even needing to ‘visit the wall’ Liam asks if Dragons Gary, Peter and Steven will consider going in together to invest in his business.

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Star Trek Fan Blog Triggers New Entry in Automattic’s DMCA “Hall of Shame”

TorrentFreak

As one of the leading niche blog platforms, Tumblr receives thousands of DMCA takedown requests every year. This overview of the worst offenders welcomed a new entry last week; triggered by the unlikely confusion between a Star Trek fandom blog and an adult entertainment actress.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

The blog questioned the judge’s decision to rely solely on a phonetic comparison of signs, and to apply an Australian precedent directly to an Indian judicial proceeding. The Afro-IP blog informed on a trade mark infringement case, which was decided by the High Court of South Africa. from Expertease Skills to iCollege.

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