"A dilution claim also generally requires that the entity claiming infringement be able to prove the public was genuinely confused. Because Trump’s tweet w…
""It is far from clear how this symbol is operating as a trademark," Daniel Nazer, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, emailed A…
""I would think that in this case—a non-commercial site reviewing Olive Garden pasta—the claim of infringement is very, very weak," Daniel Nazer,…
"That’s something that just isn’t true, said Woodrow Hartzog, an associate professor at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law and a former trademar…
Trademark Use Doctrine in the European Union and Japan Martin Husovec Tilburg University - Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT); Tilburg…
"Woodrow Hartzog, an associate professor at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, whose focus includes intellectual property law, says that the fe…
"There is some cold comfort for the little guy whose stuff is copied or stolen by the big guy: "You do get free publicity," says UC Hastings prof…
"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has canceled six trademark registrations held by the Washington Redskins. Today's ruling determined the football…
"“I was wondering if it was evil or stupid,” New York University Law Prof. Christopher Sprigman said. “I realized I didn’t have to decide — it’s both.” No…
Trademark strength, properly understood, refers to the scope of protection afforded a trademark by courts based on that mark’s inherent and acquired: (1) tenden…
"As Stacey Dogan noted in her recent review of Bob Bone’s Taking the Confusion Out of “Likelihood of Confusion”: Toward a More Sensible Approach to Tradema…
How accurate is the Patent and Trademark Office? Can its examiners tell good patents from bad? Many doubt that they can and the PTO is often criticized for allo…