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IDPPPA ok?

Ron Coleman — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:41:42 +0000

Originally posted 2012-11-22 19:51:47. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThat’s the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act, back up for another shot at the big leagues. We need more laws right? And just like last year, Susan Scafidi, the original to-die-for fashion-IP blogger, is in favor. And though I haven’t heard from her lately on […]

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Thanks to nothing? (Archive post)

Ron Coleman — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:36:21 +0000

Originally posted 2011-11-24 14:46:04. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published at Dean’s World, Thanksgiving 2006: A million essays and blog posts will explore the topic of “being thankful” in the next 24 hours. I’d say, based on a perusal of a Google search I just ran, that at least 80% of these pieces talk about […]

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Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim…

Ron Coleman — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:26:46 +0000

Originally posted 2015-08-13 21:27:15. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally posted 2008-07-29 12:12:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Liability insurers gotta deny coverage: As the Trademark Blog reports, American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co. is balking at the prospect of paying any part of the $305M judgment Adidas America, Inc., obtained against Payless Shoesource, Inc., earlier this year. The […]

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It’s not such a gay Universe: Ronnie Coleman

Ron Coleman — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:20:04 +0000

Originally posted 2009-09-29 23:36:12. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAt least to the promoters of the “MR. GAY UNIVERSE” pageant. Can you imagine — likely to be confused with the existing trademark MR. UNIVERSE! Fabulous, not. Oh, who’s that on the right? Mr. Universe (not gay) of 1994, Ron Coleman. Not to be confused with Big […]

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Large game

Ron Coleman — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:55:08 +0000

Originally posted 2008-02-01 14:57:39. Republished by Blog Post PromoterForbes chimes in on the NFL’s heavy-handed IP campaign, and how much more this year has looked like flag football, or maybe “touch”: Clearly, brand owners need to be proactive to protect their intellectual property rights, which are enormously valuable assets and can be threatened by piracy […]

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“The Endless Summer”: The king of bar review and copyright sense

Ron Coleman — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:52:20 +0000

Originally posted 2014-05-22 10:48:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter[Note: This was first published in June of 2011, but if I’m going to recycle anything once a year, it’s this. And this is the right time, in view of all the graduating around here. Slightly edited for better goodness. — RDC] In 1989, when I was […]

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Exactly Wrong on Free Speech for New Media

Ron Coleman — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:47:08 +0000

Originally posted 2010-12-13 15:16:25. Republished by Blog Post PromoterVia the permalink-less Kausfiles, a link to excerpts from (and suckup commentary about) remarks by CNN suit Jonathan Klein espousing the self-parodic, anti-democratic, anti-free-speech, and, yes, darn it, bad-for-the-children “MSM” concept that, well, alright, maybe we will let new kids play in our sandbox, as long as […]

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Anonymous victim

Ron Coleman — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:43:49 +0000

Originally posted 2014-08-07 16:31:45. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Anonymous Lawyer seems to have hit some sort of new plateau.

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Redskins decision: The present judges the past

Ron Coleman — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:36:06 +0000

Originally posted 2014-06-18 17:04:53. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI’ve been writing about the dispute over the REDSKINS trademark on this blog more or less since the beginning of the blog itself. Today a new chapter has been written — or rewritten. The TTAB has ruled and, not particularly surprisingly, the NFL team called the REDSKINS […]

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Feed me

Ron Coleman — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:31:31 +0000

Originally posted 2012-05-10 16:43:55. Republished by Blog Post PromoterNote to RSS subscribers: In response to a special request from the one known RSS subscriber to LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®, I have switched on full-boat, broad-gauged feeding. Um, in other words, you’ll get the whole post via your RSS reader, not just a tease. So here’s hoping you’ve […]

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“Get a First Life”

Ron Coleman — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:23:29 +0000

Originally posted 2013-03-29 13:18:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe thoughtless, charmless, humorless trademark enforcement machine tries its hand at virtual reality. It comes out looking pretty good. Hm.

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Knockoff News 72

Ron Coleman — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:18:11 +0000

Originally posted 2011-06-05 08:42:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCounterfeit Chic has the latest of a growing list of developments in fakery.

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