Not my money
Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings us to the issue of... Read more
Category: Law Practice and Profession
“Litigation is the continuation of business by other means”
From West (I have added links): Trials and legal proceedings in courtrooms play out as a battle of words and wills. In Litigation Is War,... Read more
The Eve of Destruction
Big buzz for the new book by my law school classmate and ideological opposite, Professor Doug Litowitz: Advance praise for The Destruction of Young Lawyers:... Read more
Defending the trademark infringement defendant
It’s an art, not a science — like all litigation — and despite the best advice, well… there are some things, many of them in... Read more
Schaden-Fraud?
John Welch has once again updated his Fraud-O-Meter! Behind this clever Infographic-type thingy is a report of a meaningful legal development concerning the concept of... Read more
Kane on Trademark Law – 6th Edition
I’m biased in reviewing the 6th edition of the only comprehensive single-volume — Well, there you go. Bias number one: As far as I can... Read more
Will Weed Killer Give You Cancer?
In January 2016, career California school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson took legal action against the Monsanto company. Alleging his 2014 diagnosis of non-Hodgkins lymphoma was a... Read more
Let it flow
The Invent Blog® reports on the latest fashion (and maybe a good idea) for IP lawyers: Flowcharts on IP for Clients to help them understand... Read more
Best of 2011: The seven habits of highly annoying lawyers
First posted on February 4, 2011. Or, perhaps, the companies that hire them. Let’s see if we can find all seven in this highly effective... Read more
Oral argument tomorrow at the Second Circuit – Guggenheim Capital v. Birnbaum
Tomorrow morning I will appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which will hear argument on a case in which... Read more
Likelihood of persuasion
Rick Hasen expresses understandable concern over a footnote in the recent Supreme Court opinion in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, suggesting that a certain set... Read more
Splendid Isolation
Summary judgment filing today. Trademark, copyright, unfair competition, tortious interference, declaratory judgment, the works. Three years in the making, two in litigation. The universe leans... Read more
Louisiana’s lawyers’ guild
Last year we screamed and shouted along with a bunch of other people and prevented New York from passing “ethics” rules that would have essentially... Read more
Stand by me?
Does anyone write a better lead sentence in trademark blogging than Pamela Chestek?: International Importers v. International Spirits & Wines, LLC is, at bottom, a manufacturer-distributor... Read more