LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/ Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:30:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/Logo-JPG.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/ 32 32 10510281 My Old Kentucky Ho https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/my-old-kentucky-ho/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/my-old-kentucky-ho/#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:30:29 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=70 Originally posted 2009-08-26 21:06:01. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWhen you think of the term “the world’s largest whorehouse” — and who among us doesn’t? — do you think of Kentucky? I guess I just don’t get around enough. The AP Reports on this chap, who preaches the “Gospel Truth” on his website about what a, er, “whorehouse” that big […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/my-old-kentucky-ho/feed/ 0 70 Social media guidelines for lawyers from the NYSBA https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/social-media-guidelines-for-lawyers-from-the-nysba/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/social-media-guidelines-for-lawyers-from-the-nysba/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:19:01 +0000 https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=19463 You've heard about the new NYSBA Social Media Ethics Guidelines, right? Hear more about it at the @nyipla one-day seminar on Nov. 13th

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/social-media-guidelines-for-lawyers-from-the-nysba/feed/ 0 19463 From the fire into the frying pan: Blawg Review #86 https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/from-the-fire-into-the-frying-pan-blawg-review-86/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/from-the-fire-into-the-frying-pan-blawg-review-86/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:15:09 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=690 Originally posted 2006-12-05 13:42:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterInfamy or Praise, which treated us to an infernal Blawg Review a while back, lightens up a bit.

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/from-the-fire-into-the-frying-pan-blawg-review-86/feed/ 0 690 Best of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®: Nuts to us? Or a “real” Charlie Brown Christmas? https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-likelihood-of-confusion-nuts-to-us-or-a-real-charlie-brown-christmas/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-likelihood-of-confusion-nuts-to-us-or-a-real-charlie-brown-christmas/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:05:39 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=15697 Originally posted 2015-12-24 08:29:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published December 9, 2009. Now a heartwarming tradition of bloggy goodness. Instapundit links to this item about the incredible shrinking Charlie Brown specials — warmly-remembered favorite scenes from the annual Peanut broadcasts being incrementally excised from annual broadcasts to make room for more and more commercials.  […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-likelihood-of-confusion-nuts-to-us-or-a-real-charlie-brown-christmas/feed/ 0 15697 Seventh son of the seventh son https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/seventh-son-of-the-seventh-son/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/seventh-son-of-the-seventh-son/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:57:59 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=790 Originally posted 2013-12-10 13:01:46. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCounterfeit Chic: Knockoff News 49!

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/seventh-son-of-the-seventh-son/feed/ 0 790 Washington Whatevers https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/washington-whatevers/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/washington-whatevers/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:56:25 +0000 https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=20008 Originally posted 2020-07-23 20:57:12. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Effective immediately, Washington will call itself the “Washington Football Team”, pending adoption of a new name, sources tell ESPN. This is not a final renaming and rebranding for team; this is the name it wants to use until pending adoption of a new name in the […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/washington-whatevers/feed/ 0 20008 Out to launch https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/out-to-launch/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/out-to-launch/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:48:29 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=14965 Originally posted 2015-05-03 11:08:21. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The glamour of the jet age! It can only get better when LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® touches down soon at #INTA2015! pic.twitter.com/aG7AA7YDGT — Likelihood TM Blog (@likely2confuse) May 3, 2015

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/out-to-launch/feed/ 0 14965 We don’t need no stinkin’ badges! https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:41:36 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=928 Originally posted 2010-07-23 11:10:55. Republished by Blog Post PromoterShould there be a “blogger code of conduct“? Bloggers are facing some high-profile peer pressure to please be a little more polite. Blogs, online journal-style Web sites, are growing in popularity on the Internet and so has the bad posting behavior that has sparked a call for […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/feed/ 2 928 Restating the less-than-obvious https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/restating-the-less-than-obvious/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/restating-the-less-than-obvious/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:32:15 +0000 https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=19544 Originally posted 2019-12-11 12:11:50. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThis: MUST READ: @georgemasonlaw professor @devlinhartline offers a devastating critique of @AmLawInst's deeply biased Copyright Restatement Project, which has become increasingly embarrassing as Members of Congress now join the chorus of concerned parties https://t.co/bYH1hLe3wo — Matthew Barblan (@mattbarblan) December 5, 2019 Here are chief excerpts from the […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/restating-the-less-than-obvious/feed/ 0 19544 Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law: Richard Kirkpatrick wrote the book (again) https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/likelihood-of-confusion-in-trademark-law-richard-kirkpatrick-wrote-the-book-again/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/likelihood-of-confusion-in-trademark-law-richard-kirkpatrick-wrote-the-book-again/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:28:40 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=11673 Originally posted 2013-09-13 12:53:15. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCongratulations to Richard K. Kirkpatrick of Pilsbury Winthrop, who has — through the Practising Law Institute — has come out with the second edition of Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law.   Kind of has a nice ring to it!   We are told that this is […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/likelihood-of-confusion-in-trademark-law-richard-kirkpatrick-wrote-the-book-again/feed/ 1 11673 IP gone bad. https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/ip-gone-bad/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/ip-gone-bad/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:17:30 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=696 Originally posted 2012-09-19 14:27:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHe felt burned by his patent lawyer, Michael McKenna, so he went back and killed him.

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/ip-gone-bad/feed/ 0 696 The deputy PTO Director https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/the-deputy-pto-director/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/the-deputy-pto-director/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:12:15 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=1108 Originally posted 2007-07-27 10:24:44. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAt the Volokh Conspiracy there’s a good discussion on the lawsuit you read about over at Marty’s. It seeks, as you recall, to oust Margaret J.A. Peterlin from her position as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO on the grounds […]

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