Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
First published May 1, 2013. Today I was preparing a brief in opposition to a subpoena served on a client seeking information to identify certain anonymous third parties. [Update: The result of our motion can…
It might not be true. But they don’t write these things about you and me. UPDATE: It’s just not really going their way, mostly, is it? (HT to IP.) Originally posted 2007-06-27 20:44:15. Republished by…
Law Practice and Profession
Above the Law reports: Belluck & Fox is a nine-attorney law firm in Manhattan. The firm worked out a deal with the radio station that broadcasts New York Yankees games, making it the official legal…
Fair Use
I’ve been watching these guys at the MTA and their IP enforcement program for a while now. Once was for a client, who, regrettably, didn’t want to fight. I first picked up on this over…
Blogging
Some of my best (online-who-I-never-met-but-believe-me-they-have-your-back) friends among legal bloggers don’t believe in legal blogging at all. For example, Scott Greenfield both excels at it and is absolutely contemptuous of it — if, of course, you don’t realize…
Selling counterfeit DVD’s on 34th Street Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman While the IP-equity lobbyists are appointing copyright czars and planning endless dragnets against college students and their grannies, counterfeit media properties ripped off from…
Trademarks and trademark law
Posted on July 25, 2007. Michael Atkins reports that the colossus of American trademark law, J.T. McCarthy, is embarrassed by the narrow thinking of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. What did one of the…
Brand Management and Branding
I’ve written before about the odd cultural juxtaposition of McDonald’s and the Muslim world. It turns out I don’t know the half of it! Now McDonald’s has lost its effort to extend its monopoly of…
Brand Management and Branding
Big Green gives in on the Ethiopia coffee-bean-name controversy. I guess if you talk the PC talk, you’ve got to walk it, too. The result will be higher prices for the coffee beans in question…
Blogging
Anticipate This!, a fun patent blog (yeah, we know!), celebrates a milestone, and thanks all his IP-bloggy friends. UPDATE: That was eleven years ago! There aren’t too many IP blogs from that long ago that…
Roundups
[stextbox id=”info”]Note: This was first posted on December 12, 2008. On review in 2016, it became apparent that a great many of the links were dead. Considering the choice between keeping the outgoing links to…
Brand Management and Branding
Originally posted on November 13, 2008: “We cannot allow our brand to be abused.” What “brand” is that? The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brand. The greed of the King “branders” was one of…
Excellent trademark “research” for the slower, or lower, moments. Originally posted 2012-04-23 18:48:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
It’s our future. Instapundit rounds up developments, which Julie Hilden is all over. I’ve made my point on this topic — less a legal than a cultural observation. Originally posted 2012-06-22 14:07:17. Republished by Blog…