Who Knew There Were Such Barbed Wire Connoisseurs? The Trademark Blog has a write-up about a recent Central District of Illinois case in which the District Court found that a plaintiff had a "better than negligible chance" of establishing that use of any color on the top of barbed wire is likely to cause confusion with plaintiff's mark, for red top wire fencing. I would love to see the analysis on this one. Why can't we ever get a judge like this?