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3 Feb 2024, 10:59 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Doesn’t totally deal w/Lanham Act 43(a) claims, but it’s notable that your precedents on the false advertising side are California consumer protection claims. [read post]
27 Nov 2023, 8:07 am by Eric Goldman
By guest blogger Lisa Ramsey, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law The Supreme Court will likely hold in Elster that Section 2(c) is consistent with the First Amendment, but will it clarify how to balance trademark and free speech rights? [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 11:40 pm by Eleonora Rosati
”Only if either of these limbs apply will the court proceed to an assessment of likelihood of confusion, as is the ordinary course for trademark infringement actions.The Rogers test has primarily been applied by the courts in situations where a mark is used to perform some form of expressive function rather than designate a work’s source – a topical example being the lawsuit brought by Mattel in the early 2000s in relation to the song Barbie Girl.In this action, the Ninth Circuit… [read post]
11 Jun 2023, 6:09 pm by Dennis Crouch
Outside of this narrow context, the Lanham Act can do great harm to free political speech because it allows for the federal registration of all manner of marks containing pollical commentary. [read post]
23 Mar 2023, 1:27 pm by Ronald Mann
(William Hennessy) The problem for VIP was clear from the earliest moments of the argument, as Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor vied with each other to interrogate Lisa Blatt, representing Jack Daniel’s, about why this toy was unlike anything that Rogers should protect. [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 4:39 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
Discussants:    Lisa Ramsey Constitutional analysis, not just courts but also Congress! [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 1:27 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
UCLA School of Law Mark Janis: 1st day of TM: students’ experience of brands as used by owners & 3rd parties is so disconnected from the historical traditions of TM. [read post]
First, the Lanham Act, which governs trademarks at the Federal level, imposes liability upon those who create a likelihood of confusion with a valid, protectable trademark. [read post]
14 Nov 2022, 10:09 am by Eugene Volokh
Ann Bartow, Jim Gibson, James Grimmelmann, Mark Lemley, Phil Malone, Mark McKenna, Lisa Ramsey, Jeremy Sheff, Jessica Silbey, Christopher Sprigman, and Rebecca Tushnet. [read post]
3 Nov 2022, 7:20 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
Alan Kaplinsky, Senior Counsel in Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group, hosts the conversation, joined by Michael Guerrero, John Culhane, Lisa Lanham, and Michael Gordon, partners in the Group. [read post]
8 Aug 2022, 10:01 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
To learn more about LicenSync, contact Lisa Lanham (lanhaml@ballardspahr.com). [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 7:14 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
Participating in the podcast are Michael Guerrero, Lisa Lanham, and Michael Gordon, partners in Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group, and Rinaldo Martinez, Of Counsel in the Group. [read post]
25 Jun 2022, 4:02 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Introduction:   Robert Burrell Australia/NZ is probably unusual b/c abandonment plays 3 distinct roles: (1) not a purely rhetorical device. 1863 case: from the moment you first use a TM, you have a property right—no goodwill, no reputation required. [read post]
12 May 2022, 6:48 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
John Grugan, a partner in Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group, hosts the conversation, joined by Michael Gordon and Lisa Lanham, partners in the Group. [read post]