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Trademark protection details for blogs

Erik K Pelton

Blogs are a service, even if they are not for profit and have no income-producing sales or advertising, and blog names can be protected by trademark law and blog names can be registered as trademarks with the USPTO. Trademark Tips for Blog Owners Be creative. Make it stand out.

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WAL-ZYR versus ZYRTEC: Allergic to legislating trademark law?

Likelihood of Confusion

I have no problem using the TTABlog for a blog launching point every week. The post WAL-ZYR versus ZYRTEC: Allergic to legislating trademark law? Why would I when I can riff on a post such as this one, about an. appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Best of 2013: WAL-ZYR versus ZYRTEC: Allergic to legislating trademark law?

Likelihood of Confusion

I have no problem using the TTABlog for a blog launching point every week. The post Best of 2013: WAL-ZYR versus ZYRTEC: Allergic to legislating trademark law? First published February 14, 2013. Why would I when I can riff on a post such. appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Hot Take on the Wavy Baby Decision (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Going forward, my advice to parodists who don’t want to be found to infringe trademarks: make sure your parody slaps everyone right in the face. This is not just a new standard in trademark law, but a new standard for this ancient and important literary form. Let’s hope future courts deal with that issue much more carefully.

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Protection of Color Trademarks under the Indian Trademark Law

Kashishipr

The post Protection of Color Trademarks under the Indian Trademark Law appeared first on Blog | Kashish IPR | Intellectual Property Rights Law Firm. For more visit: [link].

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Apple’s Dynamic Use of Trademark Law and Jamaica for its Dynamic Island Feature

IPilogue

Jamaica seems to be just one of many jurisdictions without a searchable online trademark database. Loophole or fair strategy? One concern is that smaller companies in the U.S. without the means to exploit this method cannot enjoy this competitive advantage as technology giants could.

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The First Amendment Limits Trademark Rights, But How?–Jack Daniel’s v. Bad Spaniels (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Ramsey is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and was one of the signatories of the First Amendment Professors amicus brief filed in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. The post The First Amendment Limits Trademark Rights, But How?–Jack

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