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Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech

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Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech

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Free Expression

Circuit Split: Do Public Officials Violate the First Amendment When They Block Social Media Comments? (Guest Post)

Krista Lee Baughman Jul 28, 2022 0 Comments

Nearly 75% of America’s population today actively uses social media. Facebook and Twitter have become invaluable channels of information, and are often the main source for reading up on current…

Social Media

The short and sorry history of online content moderation – NJSBA CLE panel presentation

Ron Coleman May 19, 2022 0 Comments

I told you I was doing this here. And it was loads of fun!

My Brand of Comedy

Instagurlz

Ron Coleman Mar 4, 2022 0 Comments

You should subscribe to Julie Nolke’s channel (and my slightly less popular one of course).

Section 230

You are the product

Ron Coleman May 27, 2020 0 Comments

Great white paper on this issue by ?@RonColeman?. If you’re really concerned about this, dive deeper before marking arguments. ?? https://t.co/lyGkhNKqHL — Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) May 27, 2020

Free Expression

Facebook’s new and improved speech police

Ron Coleman May 10, 2020 0 Comments

What could possibly go wrong? Let’s ask Brendan Carr, a member of the Federal Communications Commission. Click through for the whole thread but don’t . Meet your new speech police!…

Law Practice and Profession

Social media guidelines for lawyers from the NYSBA

Ron Coleman Nov 4, 2019 0 Comments

You've heard about the new NYSBA Social Media Ethics Guidelines, right? Hear more about it at the @nyipla one-day seminar on Nov. 13th

Parody and Satire

Please unfollow

Ron Coleman Aug 9, 2019 2 Comments

Is it me? I don’t think it’s me.

Photography

Photographs, tag-backs and bad facts

Ron Coleman Jul 23, 2019 0 Comments

Well… https://t.co/Tp1owKLRoy — Likelihood ®© Blog (@likely2confuse) July 22, 2019 Frankly, it’s been done before, and in the Second Circuit, you could do it, and even LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION has…

Section 230

The Section 230 Illusion

Ron Coleman Jun 7, 2019 0 Comments

My first contribution to the newly reconfigured Human Events: NEW: The Section 230 Illusion. Publisher or Platform? What if it doesn’t matter? Check out the latest article, co-authored by @willchamberlain…

Free Expression

Malice aforethought

Ron Coleman Mar 15, 2019 0 Comments

It’s me, on the Michael Malice show, talking about censorship, social media and The Slants case.

Disclosure

Clothiers and disclosure (Best of 2016)

Ron Coleman Dec 21, 2016 0 Comments

First posted on May 6, 2016. Interesting. This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The Fashion Law: The newest group of potential outlaws in the fashion industry…

Trademarks and trademark law

Social media is evidence

Ron Coleman Aug 30, 2016 0 Comments

Earlier this month (on August 15, 2016), two of my Archer & Greiner colleagues, Dan Farino and Douglas Leney, published an article in the National Law Journal called “Social Media…

Disclosure

Clothiers and disclosure

Ron Coleman May 6, 2016 0 Comments

Interesting. This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The Fashion Law: The newest group of potential outlaws in the fashion industry is not made up of tax…

Blogging

Likelihood of peregrination – Minnesota CLE

Ron Coleman Feb 24, 2016 1 Comments

I’ve been ’round so long I don’t hardly even know what square is. I want to thank Minnesota CLE for having me on February 16, 2016. You can still watch…

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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