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alex roberts

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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 6h
revising, i.e. staring at this comment until i lose my whole entire mind does "G-d bless the USA" fail to function as a mark for a pillow that has that phrase on it b/c it describes that pillow or is "G-d bless the USA" a *feature* of a pillow that has that phrase on it
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 6h
today is kat von D day! & it's almost 130pm in san francisco 👀
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 13h
surfside has dropped its trade dress infringement suit (striped can; sunshine) against anheuser-busch over skimmers hard lemonade i was never that impressed by it but i know some disagreed www.inc.com/lucia-auerba...
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
small sleepwear co. sues american eagle over use of OVERSLEPT as a trademark for pajamas, alleging AE is using "virtually identical marks, in similar fonts, on the same class of goods, sold to the same consumers, through similar channels of trade" www.law360.com/articles/252...
law360.com
American Eagle Accused Of Infringing 'Overslept' TM - Law360
A New York sleepwear company sued American Eagle on Wednesday over claims of trademark infringement after the apparel giant launched a line of sleepwear called "Overslept," a trademark that is already...
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
in their motion to dismiss dua lipa's suit over use of her image on tv boxes, samsung argues her face is not a TM, so her infringement claim is weak true, but her false endorsement claim is stronger, & the right of publicity claim strongest of all (jurisdictional issues aside)
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
new balance sues sporting goods co. decathlon for trademark infringement, alleging that the "K" on their kiprun running sneakers looks too much like the "N" on NB's sneakers in fact, NB calls the mirrored "K" logo "unmistakably an N" 🤔 www.reuters.com/legal/legali...
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
it’s been pouring for 3 days & they’re refusing to cancel my kid’s middle school cross country meet or I guess, nor’easter flood mud run I just…why
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
STOR U SELF descriptive or generic for self storage services? (just drove by one on the way back from maine)
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
8 y/o: what do you talk about when you do speeches? me: speeches? 8: yeah like at work or when you’re on tv me: oh usually trademark law or advertising law 8: no, isn’t it called copyright? MY OWN FLESH & BLOOD 😭
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am devastated that this book is over just completely bereft that I can’t read or tonight because I already finished reading it earlier tonight
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
just got praised for my "superpower" of being "always on time" (cue ja rule 🎵) but it's not actually a superpower it's that if you tell me to speak for 12 minutes i am practicing my talk multiple times with a stopwatch to ensure i hit my mark (also i can talk like the micromachine guy)
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
husband: can you name some planets kid: mars. saturn. uranus. juno...? me: no kid: juniper? me: no kid: wait, wait...moon...moonpitter? me: ah yes, the planet moonpitter kid: WAIT I REMEMBER IT'S JUPITER!
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
i am at the life stage where someone who knew me as a kid just said to me in all sincerity "i thought i saw you outside a few minutes ago but then i realized it was your daughter!" 😳
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
i spoke with @csmonitor.bsky.social about buc-ee's the trademark bully www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
csmonitor.com
Has the Buc-ee’s gas-stop beaver become a ‘trademark bully’?
The roadside oasis Buc-ee’s is known for brisket tacos and immaculate bathrooms. But its aggressive lawsuits alleging infringement of its beaver logo are…
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
today is the day: CLICWIPs at @nusl! so excited to discuss all these great IP, privacy, & tech law papers & nerd out with some old & new friends 🤓
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
everyone mad about the two coke cans stacked on top of each other case never read the hulk hogan sex tape case huh
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
trademark lawyers like "babe wake up: prada just dropped $875 safari undies & i need to know if 'safari' is generic for...this"
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
what advice would you give a 1L who wants to drop out of law school after 2 weeks?
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
teaching is full of hard choices, like i wore chevrons today for star athletica but i also brought my banana costume for teaching silvertop v. kangaroo
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
northeastern law is excited to share that we're hiring a health law scholar--please apply or reach out if you're interested! i'm on the hiring committee & happy to answer questions. @nusl.bsky.social is a GREAT community & amazing place to teach. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank), School of Law – Health Policy and Law
About the Opportunity Northeastern University School of Law is seeking candidates at all ranks for full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty positions to join our scholarly community and enhance our l...
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
remember when baylor sued BU for trademark infringement over BU's use of an interlocking "BU" logo? they're reportedly finalizing the terms of their settlement. what do you think it says? kkam.com/ixp/514/p/ba...
kkam.com
Baylor And Boston University Settle Trademark Dispute Over Interlocked BU Logo Design
Baylor and Boston University are settling a trademark fight over a interlocked BU logo that showed up on Boston's campus merchandise back in 2018. The two schools are hashing out the final details aft...
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
teach trademark law but am not an aussie or a kiwi can i get away with saying "stoush" in any context?
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
shana tova, friends 🍎 🍯 💕
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
can’t stop thinking about this boy I met last night 😍
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
wait! bluesky has "save draft" now!?
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
someone unaffiliated w/ the jardashians & jenners applied to register KARDASHIAN-JENNER as a federal trademark for providing online news & commentary it went about how you might expect (uspto refused to register based on likelihood of confusion & false suggestion of connection)
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
i was interviewed for this nyt piece last winter about the trend of disemvoweled trademarks but i think this one takes the cake took me a second. or, a scnd www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/c...
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
can you guess who my kid saw on a shirt at spirit halloween
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
slopulating 😭
@williamlidc.bsky.social@williamlidc.bsky.social
I don't know what point Paul is trying to make, except I kind of read it as a threat of where we might end up, with LLMs slopulating too much of social media and the internet that human to human interactions have to take place elsewhere.
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
nationwide sues a pennsylvania remodeling contractor for trademark infringement & dilution over its use of the phrase "on your side" as part of a longer slogan obviously as businesses go, only one of them (at most) can be on your side! www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/risk...
insurancebusinessmag.com
Nationwide alleges Pennsylvania contractor copied its 'On Your Side' slogan
The remodeler once billed itself as a contractor for insurance claims
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
a euphonium that pours beer, a 13-bell trumpet, an ocular harpsichord that emits colored lights, & a piano that makes music by forcing cats to meow? my CAMD colleague @deirdrelough.bsky.social wrote a ridiculously cool book on imaginary & imagined instruments news.northeastern.edu/2026/07/06/i...
news.northeastern.edu
A piano that makes music with cats? Book explores imagined devices
Imaginary musical instruments, from a cat piano to a beer-pouring horn, get their history told in a new book by a Northeastern professor.
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"in the US grifting & demagoguery have long gone hand in hand. ...a reconstruction that is truly oriented toward renewing our democracy will require a serious & sustained effort to hold grifters accountable & to make grifting much more difficult moving forward."
@lpeblog.bsky.social@lpeblog.bsky.social
Today, @lookheron.bsky.social reviews Bridget Read's "Little Bosses Everywhere," a history of multilevel marketing. As the GOP coalition has increasingly become a vehicle for grifting, he argues, any post-MAGA reconstruction has to go after commercial fraud and deception.
lpeproject.org
Big Little Lies
What the history of multilevel marketing can teach us about our political moment — and potential ways out of it.
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
first day of school! 📚🍎⚖️ & i got a new hat for teaching brunetti
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
wow I would’ve SWORN his name was nathan fiedler mandela effect or just me? (or possibly the dumb starbucks clip I’ve used in class misspelled his name in the caption)
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
the canadian IP office granted a trademark registration for BRUH in connection with the sale of clothing, but the registrant isn't using it--just licensing it to others & sending C&Ds to those who use the word w/o licensing it.
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
everyone: birkenstocks are the most comfortable shoes me: what if baby toes too baby
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
please i'm just trying to research trademark law this is too much 🫣
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
humbling to get lost on campus during new student orientation & have to ask for directions except you're not a new student, you're a professor who has been teaching on that campus for several years just trying to pick up your dunkin iced coffee on your way to a faculty retreat
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
i wanted to email a student named alex so i typed "alex" into the outlook search box clearly didn't think that one all the way through
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
i tried to read this westlaw headnote 6x and then gave up
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
IL court denies motion to dismiss naked juice's trademark infringement & dilution suit against the seller of “naked” protein powder over its new fruit-flavored energy drinks & finds NJ adequately pled that its mark is famous www.law360.com/articles/251...
law360.com
Naked Whey Can't Dump Naked Juice's TM Suit, Judge Says - Law360
Naked Juice can proceed with its trademark infringement suit alleging vitamin and supplement company Naked Whey sells sparkling energy drinks under the brand "Naked" after an Illinois federal judge ru...
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
you can hear my daughter absolutely losing her mind as we watch this seagull eat lunch but please believe me that we were watching from a very safe distance 🦀
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I take walking on the beach pretty seriously
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
me, reading aloud email from middle school principal: you are invited to arrive EARLY on the first day of school to take pictures with our special WELCOME BACK sign! my middle schooler: no one's gonna do that bro
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
me: horseshoe crab! 8 y/o: horshu? me: horse. shoe. crab. 8: that doesn’t seem like the right name for this crab me: you’re absolutely right. what would you name it? 8 (without any hesitation): leela
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I understand the concept of boyfriend jeans but what is boyfriend body butter smell like a boyfriend? attract a boyfriend? give this to your boyfriend?
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
a lot of controversy over the name of this road my family declines to comment
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
AI is bad at most things but it might be the absolute worst at finding a trademark registration? it hallucinated like a dozen egregiously wrong answers before i gave up
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
i'm sorry but the "christian metal band demon hunters sues netflix over kpop demon hunters for trademark infringement creating a likelihood of consumer confusion" headlines will never not be hilarious please do keep them coming
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lexlanham.bsky.social @lexlanham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
robert clivillés, one of the "C's" behind the name C&C music factory, is suing freedom williams, the group's most recognizable male performer who co-wrote several of its biggest songs, for trademark infringement, arguing he doesn't have the right to perform under the group name
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