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Getting to the core of the Apple / Beatles TM settlement

Likelihood of Confusion

scores trademark coup with Beatles’ label logos Originally posted 2012-03-18 14:49:21. The post Getting to the core of the Apple / Beatles TM settlement appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Nice little bit of journalism here: Apple Inc. Republished by Blog Post Promoter.

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Georgia Supreme Court Blesses Google’s Keyword Ad Sales–Edible IP v. Google

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

.” In other words, they sought to establish (using centuries-old chattel-based theft doctrines rather than trademark law) that a trademark owner has the unrestricted right to shut down anyone using their trademarks, even if no consumers are harmed. to see if it could find some soft spot in Georgia state law.

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The SAD Scheme as an Institutional Failure

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

[These are my rough-draft talk notes from a recent workshop of trademark law professors.] The SAD Scheme involves a trademark owner suing dozens/hundreds of defendants using a sealed complaint, getting an ex parte TRO, and then having the online marketplaces freeze the defendants’ accounts and money.

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More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. Bye, Goff

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. 1-800 Contacts * Amazon Defeats Lawsuit Over Its Keyword Ad Purchases–Lasoff v.

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Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. Allied Modular

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon. * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning. * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. . * Duplicitous Competitive Keyword Advertising Lawsuits–Fareportal v.

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Survey: Users Confuse Search Results, Ads

Likelihood of Confusion

Hard to see how this doesn’t have some effect on any settlement discussions in the. Speaking of my post from yesterday, below — wow. Survey: Users Confuse Search Results, Ads. The post Survey: Users Confuse Search Results, Ads appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Concept Of Trademark Bullying: Forceful Enforcement Of Trademark Rights In The Name Of Protection

IP and Legal Filings

It also demands from the opponent to refrain from using the trademark which as per the trademark bully is similar to their trademark. Post serving such notice the small entity is forced for settlement because getting into a legal battle would be a disadvantageous step financially.