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• Secondary Trademark Infringement treatise updated for 2010-11 September 6, 2010
  From the Overview to the update of Secondary Trademark Infringement by Jane Coleman, which is now complete: Of all the contexts in which secondary liability has been raised, whether contributory or vicarious, the Internet has by far generated the most interest and attention. The advent of Internet commerce has created new problems for the law to […]
• Hardware trademark rejected in UK September 6, 2010
  Originally posted 2006-08-22 20:27:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Register reports: A businessman has failed to win the right to register the term “screw you” as a wide-ranging European trademark because it is offensive. It can be used, but only for goods sold in sex shops, the European trademark authority has ruled. Hard to harmonize […]
• No, no, a thousand times no. Homey. September 6, 2010
  Originally posted 2006-05-11 13:18:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Damon Wayans is rejected again in his attempt to file a trademark that only black people would be allowed to use. Or am I missing something? UPDATE:  More, and related, here. No, no, a thousand times no. Homey. ©, . […]
• The infringement that never has to say “likelihood of confusion” September 6, 2010
  Originally posted 2006-02-21 10:40:47. Republished by Blog Post PromoterProfessor Eric Goldman writes about the latest unfortunate development in the extension of “initial interest confusion,” that “infringement” of the Lanham Act that continues the trend eviscerating the doctrine of nominative fair use. Initial interest confusion, which means that no real d […]
• Blawg Review #280 September 6, 2010
  Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish New Year, begins this Wednesday night.  And what could be a more appropriate occasion for Blawg Review—for us to pass judgment on a world of law blogging about law, justice and perhaps even mercy—than the Day of Judgment?  Lest anyone think that Rosh Hashanah is of mere sectarian […]