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Posted on June 4, 2006June 4, 2006

I’m still here…

… just a little over there, to the right. I’ve wound down the operation of the Coleman Law Firm and become a partner at the New York firm of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, PC. It’s…

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Posted on May 28, 2006February 6, 2008

Free speech for me, not for thee

Protest Warrior reports about the left-winger who took cyber-protest too far: On May 23, 2006, a grand jury at the U.S. District Court in Illinois handed down an indictment against Jeremy Alexander Hammond for hacking…

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Section 2(a)
Posted on May 11, 2006January 14, 2022

No, no, a thousand times no. Homey.

Damon Wayans is rejected again in his attempt to file a trademark that only black people would be allowed to use. Or am I missing something? UPDATE:  More, and related, here. Originally posted 2013-06-26 14:54:58….

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Donald Trump
Posted on April 27, 2006December 25, 2015

Trumpmark®

Does it get any better/ worse than this? The Smoking Gun reports: Fearful of a dilution of his powerful brand, Donald Trump is fighting his ex-wife Ivana’s bid to trademark [register as a trademark] her…

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Posted on April 21, 2006February 6, 2008

How much free speech in grade school?

The Ninth Circuit says, Not that much. And — don’t think this isn’t part of it — what kind? (Via IP.) UPDATE:  It could be worse.  Really.

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Posted on April 18, 2006February 6, 2008

Gripe site using Falwell’s name to stay lit

The Supreme Court has rejected the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s request to review the Fourth Circuit’s decision that permitted Falwell.com, a website critical of the conservative preacher, to remain in operation. Been there. Done that. Only…

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Posted on April 18, 2006February 6, 2008

Hero or…

By now you’ve heard that Muhammed Ali has sold the rights to exploit his once-platinum name and fame for $50 million. It’s a little late in the game for The Greatest, I suppose, but why…

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Posted on March 7, 2006February 6, 2008

Email instead of nail ‘n’ mail?

Important ruling for people who litigate on and about the Internet, from Evan Brown: The court allowed service of the summons to an e-mail address Pine had used in a classified ad listing his house…

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Posted on March 2, 2006February 6, 2008

Likelihood of confusion

Hey, guess what I just found out by tracing our incoming traffic. What do you suppose is the number-one result if you do a Google search for “likelihood of confusion”? Hint: It’s funny, brilliant, iconoclastic…

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Posted on February 23, 2006February 6, 2008

Google hit on thumbnails

IPKat reports that it lost on copyright, didn’t lose on trademark, for use of thumbnails out in California. California is a tough place to litigate these cases.

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Posted on February 20, 2006February 20, 2006

Proof that TV doesn’t harm kids, Butch!

Slate explains how Likelihood of Confusion did it: If anything, the data revealed a small positive uptick in test scores for kids who got to watch more television when they were young. For kids living…

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Posted on January 26, 2006August 25, 2017

Do you mean, PLEASE come arrest me and send me to reeducation camp?

This Google stuff has just gotten so tiring, so all over the place, that I’ve given up on keeping track of it. The piece with giving in to China’s repression of its billion-strong slave labor…

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Posted on January 23, 2006February 6, 2008

The media’s ancien regime

Hugh Hewitt, he of the media Jacobins, confronts the crumbling edifice of the mainstream media at its Versailles — the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism — in the The Weekly Standard: The “blue” nature…

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Posted on December 5, 2005February 6, 2008

Blawg Review: Infamy, Praise, Several Butchers’ Aprons

The new Blawg Review is up at Colin Samuels’ Infamy or Praise. Colin explains the origin of his blog’s name — Dante’s Inferno, which is also the source of the title of one of the…

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