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
Category: Law Practice and Profession
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
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
Anonymous Lawyer: The Book
You’ve read the blog, now read the book. No, it’s all right — it’s billable — at the Anonymous Law Firm LLP. Gosh, a lot... Read more
Other people’s money
View Post WSJ.com’s Law Blog reports about the seven-figure effect in the Central District of California for a one-minute-late filing: A judgment in favor of... Read more
Best of 2011: Trademark do it yourself?
First posted on June 28, 2011. Aaron Franklin, co-founder of LazyMeter — an intriguing project that’s still in Beta but is not what it sounds... Read more
IP gone bad.
He felt burned by his patent lawyer, Michael McKenna, so he went back and killed him. Originally posted 2012-09-19 14:27:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more