Patent reform
I joke about patents here, but it’s from love, believe me. If you have anything to do with intellectual property law, however, you are likely... Read more
Author: Ron Coleman
Ivan’s IP
Boing Boing reports on a chilling development: The Kremlin is using Russia’s new anti-software-piracy laws to target dissident media outlets and shut them down. This... Read more
Little IP
Pennywit writes in: Seems to be a minor discussion of elfin IP over at Volokh Conspiracy (look in the comments). I’m curious — even if... Read more
Patent Troll Tracker
Had everyone known about the Patent Troll Tracker and was just sneakily leaving me out of it? Did everyone else already know about this blog... Read more
Someone get these guys a bandage!
Judge Jed Rakoff, famous in the Southern District of New York for not wasting any (judicial) time, doesn’t waste any in the J&J / Red... Read more
Through WINDOWS®, darkly
Mr. Thorne, legal marketing wordsmith extraordinaire, wonders: Why would a court opinion use the magic ® symbol to refer to one registered trademark and not... Read more
Diluting dilution
Michael Atkins says, “Here we go again”: With the Northern District of California’s understandable decision this week in Phase Forward Inc. v. Adams (STL post... Read more
Chilled Apple
Via Vodkapundit — from the People’s Ministry of Litigation, Information and Sublimation: Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results... Read more
Talk about your business method patents!
Sander Gelsing, Canadian Patent and Trademark Trade Mark Lawyer, picks up on a doozy. Originally posted 2010-05-26 12:48:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Blawg lang syne
Who was the first legal blogger? Originally posted 2012-11-29 12:42:31. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
“All Criticism of This Website Is Hereby Forbidden”
Chutzpa! Originally posted 2014-04-24 11:15:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Humdinger of a copyright case
How can a statute of limitations for copyright infringement bar a state law claim for an accounting of profits between co-authors brought under diversity jurisdiction?... Read more
A free market moment
Stephen Laniel finds, in trademark law, reason not to throw the whole thing over: The public-health justification for trademark law is pretty clear: if the... Read more
Take a letter and get in line
John Berryhill: A recurring discussion within certain circles over the years has been the potential assignment of single character domain names in the generic top-level... Read more