Ron Coleman (legal scholar)

Ronald David Coleman (born March 11, 1963) is a lawyer and legal blogger who is known^[1][2] for his work in the areas of First Amendment and intellectual property rights, especially pertaining to the Internet, and particularly in his role as author of the Likelihood of Confusion blawg. He served briefly as an adjunct professor of law at Seton Hall University, and is a frequent lecturer and writer on legal issues.^[3]

Coleman, general counsel of the Media Bloggers Association, wrote the first article on Internet law in the American Bar Association Journal in 1995. Coleman also co-authored a chapter entitled Responses to Complaints in the first edition of the American Bar Association Litigation Section's treatise, Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts,^[4] was the principal author of an American Bar Association public education work on consumer law^[5] and wrote the Princeton Review Pre-Law Companion^[6] for aspiring law students. He was also a contributing editor for the American Bar Association publication, Student Lawyer, during the 1980s, winning a Chicago Newspaper Guild Stick-O-Type Award for Feature Writing in 1987 for his work there.

Coleman represented Steven Brodsky in the early cybersquatting dispute Jews for Jesus v. Brodsky (in 1998)^[7] and The National Debate's online parody of The New York Times's corrections page against legal threats by the paper.^[8] Coleman has subsequently become associated with the defending the rights of bloggers.^[9] Other reported blogger clients include Pamela Geller,^[10] Rogers Cadenhead,^[11]Lance Dutson,^[12] Joan Stewart,^[13] Kevin Aylward,^[14]Patrick "Patterico" Frey, ^[15] Katherine Coble^[16] Jeffrey Wright^[17]and Michael Bates.^[18] He has also drawn attention in connection with his representation of businesses in disputes over the use of intellectual property on the Internet,^[19][20][21] and his experience with respect to Web-based defamation claims.^[22][23] Coleman has also, on behalf of the Media Bloggers Association, participated in the legal representation of various defendants involved in the Righthaven "copyright troll" litigation. ^{[24] [25]}

A graduate of Princeton University and Northwestern University School of Law, Coleman is credited^[26] with coining the term "blogola" to refer to supposedly illicit consideration given to bloggers in return for favorable reviews or other mentions of products or services in their blog postings.

References

External links

• Likelihood of Confusion (blawg)
• Likelihood of Success (blog)