We had friends from England staying with us last week and yesterday I went into the guest bathroom for the first time since they left and discovered they left us these. DY.ING.

That bastion of partisanship, the USPTO.

Just read the announcement from our local federal court that all civil litigation involving the US government as a party is suspended during the shutdown. Nice for the government, isn't it.

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ICE raided my town today. They went to the City Administrative Building and grabbed scores of men who were there to pull permits for construction jobs. They went to the heart of the construction and renovation business in our tiny town and destroyed it and dozens of families.

If we're going to talk with our dollars, we should probably all resubscribe.

Back in the halcyon days of Twitter my law partner and I used it to talk about IP almost exclusively, with the occasional snarky view on life. I guess I don't feel like Bluesky is quite ready for that. I don't know if it's just the times or the platform, but it's politics here all the time.

I was recommended to a new client by ChatGPT today. This was a first.

Canceled Disney and Hulu, because America.

I really picked the best week to be (almost) completely offline, didn’t I.

Does this help, y’all?

Guys I’m on vacation until next Saturday. If you see me in here, rap my knuckles with a stick.

the night before you leave for vacation, ALL the hardest client questions come up.

Welcome to your new gated church community.

My heart goes out to any guy who was planning to propose this weekend.

Must-pass quiz for TN 7th Candidates, and also your periodic reminder that the TN 7th has no representation in Congress at the moment because Mark Green decided to sod off to Africa to get away from his pissed off wife instead of doing the job he took an oath to do.

Opposing counsel just told me he wants to "socialize the concept." Is that a thing that concepts do?

We saw your radioactive wasp nests. We raise you.

Ugh I've got a publishing client who have to try to chase these guys down all the time.

Moms can't be mayors, guys.

The Boring Company announced on July 28 that they had reached an "intent to partner" with the State of TN to build another Tesla tunnel. The press release said it was "officially kicking off the public process to evaluate routes and engage community stakeholders." They broke ground on August 11th

In case #trademarksky needed more proof that the ID verification system is hot moldy garbage

How badly am I gonna regret the four pieces of garlic naan I just ate? It was a LOT of garlic.

The correct answer is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, of course.

I had a client a few years ago who wanted to start a "dating safety" app. After we went through the issues, he decided not to do it. These things are just fraught even if you do follow your own privacy policy. Tea didn't. If we still have a functioning FTC, they should be paying attention.

I keep watching this video and thinking about the absolute superpower lawyers can have in a situation like this. “Soy tu abogado, si?” And suddenly we’re an “interested party.” Where’s your warrant, bub.

Oh Daddy won't you take me down to Muhlenberg County

If the State wants to run CBS, make the State pay for it.

That last sentence. WHAT????????????

#lawsky, point me towards your best examples of 9th Circuit briefs, especially in #trademark law. I'm about to draft my first.

I mean, they could have sent ANY other lawyer. It still would have stunk, but nowhere near this bad.

It's not "Justice Dept. officials." It's Todd Blanche. Tr*mp's defense attorney turned Copyright Office invader turned Deputy AG. I'm trying to imagine what today must be like for the women Maxwell abused and exploited when they were children.

Shout out to companies who "eagerly" geofence their sketchy data collection tech from countries who want their citizens to opt in to that stuff.

And millions of patient records were then used in a $10b Medicare fraud ring, if you were wondering about the epilogue.

Staying up too late watching The Last Ship and just please tell me these people are really out there

I’m sorry, what. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Was I supposed to know what Astronomer was?

I grew up in an NPR household. The words "and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting" are part of the fiber of who I am. And I know I'm not alone.

Are we done with the embargo on Cuba?

That time when Trump walked up to John Roberts and said, "Thank you, I won't forget it" and Roberts looked all surprised? He was just surprised Trump said it in front of a live mic and a camera.

My only question about the Epstein list is why haven't they just released a list of people they don't like and left him off of it? And my only statement about the Epstein list is that whatever ultimately gets released, no one will believe.

I have always been a BRMC fan, and do not miss a chance to see them live, but I am SWOONING right now.

The weird thing is, I was home on a snow day the day the Challenger exploded, and this image still can make me think of nothing else.

NYT Connections lady is gonna get some angry calls from trademark general counsel this morning

I’m driving right now but when I get done I’m reading ClaimSearch’s privacy notice.

Gonna go watch The Right Stuff tonight and sob.

Boy howdy this got darker. According to my friend's mentor, all the grants for studying sexual violence were canceled except one that was studying sexual violence committed by immigrants.

“Please understand, the secret police need to remain SECRET.”

Okay no, I’m not doing this today. Tomorrow is my birthday and it’s a “0” birthday and I’m not spending the weekend terrorscrolling. Protecting joy. See you Monday, friends.