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Found blogs

Ron Coleman Aug 6, 2010 0 Comments

Bunches of new soft IP blogs have sprung up. I’ve been adding them to the Blogroll (for civilian blogs) or the Professional Courtesy roll (for wax-stained wretches) as soon as…

IP Institutions Roundups

“Meet the Bloggers” 2010

Ron Coleman May 23, 2010 1 Comments

It’s going to be a Who’s Who of trademark bloggery! Here’s a sample of those intrepid secondary-meaners besides your hosts (see infra) who have blogged about the upcoming Meet the…

Fashion Law IP Institutions

Fashion ex nihilo?

Ron Coleman May 9, 2010 3 Comments

So much for Special Creation in blog graphics, I guess. It seems that the theologically inclined among us trademark law types think alike… but in any event, it’s good news…

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“Fully cooked,” like so much Boston scrod–here comes Meet the Bloggers VI!

Ron Coleman Apr 21, 2010 3 Comments

Cribbed entirely from The TTABlog® of Beantown home-boy John “Fully cooked, yes, but still Keeping Tabs on the TTAB®” Welch: Meet the Bloggers VI, the best non-INTA event during INTA,…

Roundups

Winging it

Ron Coleman Apr 2, 2010 0 Comments

Legal marketing guy Lance Godard hosted Blawg Review this week with a simulated 22-tweet “interview” of 22 different lawyers. You have to click it to see what I mean. Hey,…

Fashion Law

To die for!

Ron Coleman Mar 15, 2010 0 Comments

My own moments of snark notwithstanding–no, you don’t even get a link; if you missed it, then good–I am pleased to announce that the very bestest blog on fashion IP…

Clinically insane?

Ron Coleman Feb 26, 2010 2 Comments

Walter Olson is seeking “reports from the field” on the subject of law school clinics: If blogging has been lighter than usual, one reason is that I’ve been racing forward…

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Beverly Hills TM Lawyer

Ron Coleman Feb 11, 2010 0 Comments

For my money that can only mean Michael N. Cohen! And now he has a blog, giving it away for free like the rest of us, called TRADEMARK BLOG OF…

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Best of 2009: “The LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® Twitter manifesto”

Ron Coleman Dec 30, 2009 2 Comments

This was first posted on July 27, 2009. The authors of many of the blogs I read that are topically related to this one now use Twitter. So do a…

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Swan song

Ron Coleman Dec 16, 2009 3 Comments

Someone say something about getting all introspective and stuff? Well, the Drug and Device Law blog’s Mark Herrmann is, as he so curmudgeonfully puts it, outta here: After 20 years…

Chanukah, here we come!

Ron Coleman Dec 11, 2009 0 Comments

Tonight, that is — it’s the first night of Chanukah. That means that I’m going to be hosting the annual Blawg Review next Monday, at LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® (here’s last…

Trademarks and trademark law

Blog o’ briefs

Ron Coleman Dec 3, 2009 1 Comments

Just found this blog called Trademark Law Briefs. It’s all Ninth Circuit stuff — which is plenty. It’s short little “briefs” summarizing recent trademark law decisions in that August federal…

New trademark blog: Pittsburgh Trademark Lawyer

Ron Coleman Nov 19, 2009 4 Comments

Daniel Corbett, who unlike some people does not merely have a sadly un-updated picture of his younger self but who is by all indications actually as terrifyingly youthful as the…

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Weblog Awards are good

Ron Coleman Nov 14, 2009 0 Comments

Look! A big logo what you can link to! If you think I should get one of these, you’re in a distinct minority. But… maybe this year, a little less…

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