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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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…
Written by: Ron Coleman
Section 2(a)
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
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…
Written by: Ron Coleman
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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
Written by: Ron Coleman
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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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…
Written by: Ron Coleman
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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