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As for me, I'm Ron Coleman, a trademark lawyer in New York. More precisely, I'm a commercial litigator, business attorney and "IP maven" with a special interest in copyright and trademark infringement involving the Internet--including advising clients how to avoid them. I am also a writer and notional general counsel of the largely notional Media Bloggers Association. My firm, Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP, has offices in New York and New Jersey. I'm also a contributor to a few other blogs, including Dean's World.
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Mister Softee in New York City, where there is a great number of knockoff refreshment-peddling vehicles on the streets giving the false impression that they are true Mister Softee trucks selling genuine Mister Softee (or Mister Softee-approved) ice cream products. Mister Softee’s general counsel in Philadelphia would commence suit in federal court (often the Southern [...]
Originally posted 2007-06-01 01:13:36. Republished by Blog Post PromoterMike Atkins is paying attention to Microsoft’s IP docket, as a
Originally posted 2005-07-10 10:12:05. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCleveland Plain Dealer would for sure be investigating and breaking wide open ‘cept that those meanies on the Supreme Court make you go to jail if you won’t tell a criminal investigation who illegally leaked the documents you based your story on.Sorry, Professor, the real story is [...]
Originally posted 2006-08-15 19:44:16. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Originally posted 2007-05-09 12:43:25. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThis morning I attended a breakfast or so … ) and I have not stayed in close touch. I went to a reunion once, which was nice; but you usually move apart from people personally when you part from them professionally, and all the more so when [...]
Originally posted 2005-12-16 11:14:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter No, just the Ninth Circuit, in this case Roger Zissu, the Fross Zelnick partner who’s been paining Disney all these years. remake the Hundred Acre Wood gang by dispatching the — admittedly hard to take for this 21st-century American — fey Christopher Robin and replacing him [...]
Here is the latest roundup of topical re-tweets that were tweeted to followers @roncoleman in the last week or so: @eschaeff Lawyers tripped up online: “A Legal Battle: Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar,” NY Times, http://bit.ly/4crVS @adriandayton: RT @nowsourcing RT @ OK, gotta fly!
A while ago I wrote a little piece linking to Doug Lichtman’s exploration of the Tenenbaum copyright case, which Harvard law professor Charles Nesson said would be a “a public referendum not only on the music industry’s efforts to enforce copyright through these direct-infringer suits, but also on the copyright rules that make the industry litigation possible.” [...]
Urk. Remember when we told you the GOP was getting lousy IP advice? It Lawrence Iser of the Santa Monica, California law firm Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert said in a press release. “In light of Jackson Browne’s lifelong commitment to Democratic ideals and political candidates, the misappropriation of Jackson Browne’s endorsement is entirely [...]
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Trademark Blog turns six years old this month. Marty is the grandfather of trademark blogging. I’m not sure who the grandmother is. Well, I didn’t even know six years was Moore’s Law for niche blogging? (Kind of an ironic statement, though, for John Welch. I mean, come on, if anyone of us around here looks [...]
