LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/ Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:47:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 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 Best of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®: Nuts to us? Or a “real” Charlie Brown Christmas? (Archive post) https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-likelihood-of-confusion-nuts-to-us-or-a-real-charlie-brown-christmas-archive-post/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-likelihood-of-confusion-nuts-to-us-or-a-real-charlie-brown-christmas-archive-post/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:47:43 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=17390 Originally posted 2016-12-23 11:29:09. 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-archive-post/feed/ 0 17390 Knockoff News 51 https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/knockoff-news-51/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/knockoff-news-51/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:39:43 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=834 Originally posted 2007-02-27 20:03:50. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCounterfeit Chic doesn’t miss a beat!

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/knockoff-news-51/feed/ 0 834 Best of 2007: Litigation guy https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-2007-litigation-guy-2/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-2007-litigation-guy-2/#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:33:46 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=14000 Seems we just get started and before you know it, comes the time we have to say, "So long."

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-2007-litigation-guy-2/feed/ 0 14000 Three score and phony years ago https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/three-score-and-phony-years-ago/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:22:13 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=1021 Originally posted 2007-06-08 17:45:24. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCounterfeit Chic has posted Knockoff News number 60!

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]]> 1021 Blogadelic https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/blogadelic/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/blogadelic/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:19:24 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=181 Originally posted 2011-10-04 18:43:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBlawg Review #15 will blow your mind. Man.

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/blogadelic/feed/ 0 181 Blogger lawsuit resolved https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/blogger-lawsuit-resolved/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/blogger-lawsuit-resolved/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:11:19 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=937 Originally posted 2010-11-02 11:55:34. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJust Another Pretty Farce indeed! By the way, download Glenn Reynolds’s article (we’ve linked to it before) on online defamation. It… it would mean a lot to him.

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/blogger-lawsuit-resolved/feed/ 0 937 Mix ‘n’ match https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/mix-n-match/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/mix-n-match/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:09:50 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=3251 Originally posted 2011-11-08 08:32:24. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe thing about lawyer jokes — besides the fact that they’re never funny when you all of a sudden have to call one of us in the middle of the night — is that they don’t necessarily have to make any sense at all to be considered […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/mix-n-match/feed/ 3 3251 Best of 2011: Dubious assignations https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-2011-dubious-assignations/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-2011-dubious-assignations/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:03:30 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=14755 Originally posted 2015-03-12 22:42:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst published on March 8, 2011. Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature at the superb, now-two-years old Duets Blog.  His novel question: Do you suppose TS fans have an expectation that the Taylor Swift signature trademark represents […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/best-of-2011-dubious-assignations/feed/ 0 14755 Counterfeit rodent gets the cheese https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/counterfeit-rodent-gets-the-cheese/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/counterfeit-rodent-gets-the-cheese/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:57:41 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=1057 Originally posted 2007-07-02 19:31:14. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Decadent western culture is rat obsessed, it’s true. But sometimes the rodent has to take one for the team. Now, in true Islamist fashion, but with an IP twist: How to avoid (mostly theoretical) trademark / copyright liability while still being …. defiant? MEMRI TV shows […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/counterfeit-rodent-gets-the-cheese/feed/ 1 1057 Brands, cancel culture & disparaging trademarks https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/brands-cancel-culture-disparaging-trademarks/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/brands-cancel-culture-disparaging-trademarks/#respond Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:50:12 +0000 https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=20393 Cancel culture proves that disparaging trademarks go away by themselves

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/brands-cancel-culture-disparaging-trademarks/feed/ 0 20393 America’s trademark litigation gravy train – the Bratz / Barbie case is back! https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/americas-trademark-litigation-gravy-train-the-bratz-barbie-case-back/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/americas-trademark-litigation-gravy-train-the-bratz-barbie-case-back/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:35:21 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=10555 Originally posted 2014-09-08 18:10:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI can’t claim to be keeping close tabs on what’s going on in the Barbie / Bratz trademark litigation. But lookie here: A federal appeals court has ruled that Mattel Inc. doesn’t have to pay $172 million to MGA Entertainment Inc. to settle a trade secrets theft […]

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]]> https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/americas-trademark-litigation-gravy-train-the-bratz-barbie-case-back/feed/ 1 10555 Boo. https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/boo/ https://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/boo/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:30:03 +0000 http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=1223 Originally posted 2007-10-31 17:21:07. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe intellectual property concerns regarding celebrity Halloween masks. Cheap-rubber-band-stapled-to-temples-of-plastic-mask tip to Overlawyered.

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