RSS Magic Mixes and Reclaiming the Blogging Mojo
I was horrified to see how blogging has dropped off at this blog. It’s odd because I really do enjoy blogging and wish I had more time in my schedule for it. The last 6 months have been very busy…
Marquette Law Faculty Blog
Congratulations to my former colleagues at Marquette for the launch of the Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog, which looks like it is off to a promising start.
Blog Posts Not Reliable Evidence of Consumer Confusion–Blue Bell v. Denali
Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. v. Denali Co., LLC, 2008 WL 2965655 (S.D. Tex. July 31, 2008) In a trademark infringement lawsuit over whether “Mooo Tracks” ice cream infringes “Moose Track” ice cream, the plaintiff tried to introduce some blog posts…
My Sprawling Digital Empire, Where to Find Me Online and My Friending Policy
Recently, I have proliferated the online venues where I am publishing content. This blog post enumerates all of the various places I hang out online: Technology & Marketing Law Blog. This is my main ongoing publication outlet. I try to…
Bay Area Blawgers 3.0 Recap
Last week, we had the third gathering of Bay Area Blawgers at UC Berkeley Law School. Over 2 dozen bloggers and friends convened to discuss topics of interest to legal bloggers [see list of attendees below]. Some photos from the…
Writing About Legal Topics for Non-Lawyers
Brandt Goldstein, Lost in translation? Some brief notes on writing about law for the layperson. 52 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 373-385 (2007-08). This article provides an overview of the issues that arising when writing about legal topics for a non-legal…
Blogging Kills
Oh come on, not again. The NYT once again is trying to suggest that blogging kills bloggers. See the last time this topic came up. Hey NYT, I venture to say that working for the NY Times is, per capita,…
Bloggers’ April Fools Jokes
Maybe I’m just a killjoy, but I don’t think that bloggers’ April Fools jokes are funny. I feel like we as bloggers have to work really hard to develop credibility, and the whole point of an April Fools joke is…
WBG Builders Using Lawyer Letters to Do Reputation Management–Why?
Today I received the following correspondence: __ March 4, 2008 Via Regular and Certified Mail Eric Goldman Ericgoldman.org Santa Clara University School of Law 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 Via E-Mail Eric Goldman Ericgoldman.org egoldman@gmail.com Re: WBG…
Happy Blogiversary
Today marks the three-year anniversary of my blogs. It has been an absolutely terrific ride, with about 1,200 posts and about 5.7M page views over the past three years. You can read some of the highlights and lowlights in my…