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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

When opposing counsel tries to hide that he is using AI to write his briefs by doing a global search and replace for em-dashes and replacing them with commas. But that means all of his writing is littered with things like this , where the comma has a space before it , and he thinks we don’t notice.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, capped, topped.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Do yourself a favor and go watch five women exude joy while melting your face with rock and roll.

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BAND-MAID / Dilly-Dally (Official Live Video)

YouTube video by BAND-MAID

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I keep on getting the craziest trademark cases. Law school students would never believe that the hypotheticals they face on exams are nowhere close to as crazy as what you come across in real life.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Part of being a good Southern lawyer is keeping up with your client's nicknames so that you know that call them "Bubba" or "Tripp" in emails and phone calls but use their given name in legal correspondence and filings.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Saw a patent being asserted in a complaint filed today that I litigated against in 2007. How I wish my client hadn’t settled that case.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The best IP interesting add so far this Super Bowl has been from a local PI attorney. He is living and dying by the fair use defense. youtu.be/EpjulGiDK_4?...

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"Hologram" Maloney Lyons Super Bowl 2026 Commercial ft. David J. Maloney

YouTube video by David J. Maloney

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Ed Timberlake @trademarksaremagic.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

how many cats published for opposition tomorrow in the Trademark Official Gazette?

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Sunday school breakfast pot luck (Second Sunday Sustenance) means me waking up early to make monkey bread. I know being competitive about church breakfast is a sin, but at least I know what to pray for forgiveness for this morning.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/11/2025

Seen on Reddit: "42 is just old people 6 7" And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Went to a pizza joint while traveling and they had a squeeze bottle of a darkish sauce on the table. I assumed it was BBQ sauce. It was Catalina dressing for putting on the pizza along with red pepper flakes. American regional cuisine is always interesting.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Is László Krasznahorkai (2025 Nobel Prize for Literature) a patent lawyer?

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Legal folks, does anyone have any recommended training or notes on doing live cross-examination of a witness that you are hearing testimony for the first time? I've had two TRO hearings this year where I was opposing, and I had to cross a witness who gave long testimony.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Are there any law professors doing any scholarship on AI search, hallucinations, and defamation or brand tarnishing? Had a really funky thing happen to a client that leads down some weird places. Any thoughts @jmiers230.bsky.social or @lexlanham.bsky.social ?

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Cash bail should be banned. Someone's ability to be released from jail should not depend on their resources. It should be based upon their continued threat to society and what mitigation efforts the state can use to manage that threat.

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Mx. Moz @mleelunsford.com · 04/08/2025

My Cousin Vinny: Ace Attorney Had to finally release this from my head

Vinny from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads "Everything that guy said is bullshit"

The Judge from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads: "Are you on drugs?"

Mr. Tipton from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads: "I don't know, I'm a fast cook, I guess."

Mona Lisa from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads: "A little? You've been thrown in jail twice!"

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Age verification? Kermit is not just a frog.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Was taking pictures of my kids in front of an old hearth during Christmastime at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, AL and a nice woman asked if we wanted to get in the picture and she would take it. After she took our family photo and we were walking away, I realized it was Jennifer Gardner.

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Prof. Yvette Joy Liebesman @yvettejoy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

My research assistants were each assigned a set of years to find ones they thought would be nice to color. They sent me ~2500. I reviewed & selected 227 from those based on whether I liked the picture well as their description & claim language and not duplicating others that were selected.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Gacharic Spin writes about surviving in a broken world while hurting. Some of the absolute best lyricists among Japanese rockers. Also some of the best, most funky, weird, creative, and awesome musicians out there. New live video of "Restaurant F" just dropped: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk3y...

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Gacharic Spin – Restaurant・F (Official Live Video) Zepp TOUR「GACHA BOXX」2025.01.12 Zepp Nagoya

YouTube video by Gacharic Spin【ガチャっとTV】

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I don’t think my client believed me when I told him I had fun arguing a 4 hour TRO hearing in Federal Court today. Complicated cases against competent counsel are the best.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Lando's leadership of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back turned out to be a tragically prescient parable for our time. Leaders of institutions: Pay attention! A story in four parts. cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I am generally very critical of BigLaw because I think they are usually overpriced and not worth the money. However, I have had the pleasure of using WilmerHale's IP group in litigation matters, and I cannot overstate how much they impressed me. Are they cheap? No. Are they worth it? Absolutely.

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The cool SPED Teacher @utahlvrs.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

So Trump and Musk are just mindfully dismantling everything as a vendetta for what they deem a problem or "crime" against them. Nothing is really about making America a better place, it's all just a "get back" scheme for their hurt feelings.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Dumb question for patent friends on here: What is the best format you have seen someone put out claim charts in? I have done claim charts in Word, XLS, and PPT, and I have always waffled about what format looks best. This is for internal viewing, not production to Court.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This insight should be shared far and wide for people to internalize.

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Sally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hear me out — If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is. Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 03/02/2025

April 2022: USAID delivered 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine through a public-private partnership with SpaceX. March 2024: USAID's inspector general announced it was initiating an inspection of USAID’s oversight of Starlink terminals provided to Ukraine. Sources: archive.is/NNwNx

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PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT: Inspection of USAID's Oversight of Starlink Terminals Provided to the Government of Ukraine | Office of Inspector General

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Quick question completely unrelated to chaos going on. Have IP practitioners found value in being a member of AIPLA? I am not located somewhere that AIPLA would ever meet, so any in-person meetings would require travel. I have easy access to quality CLE (but generally not IP related).

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Answering some of the "JUST GO BACK TO THE OFFICE" comments I've gotten on my LinkedIn post on the back to office EO for fed employees and the USPTO which has gotten quite popular: 1. Thousands of USPTO employees live across the country and absolutely nowhere near DC.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

If any fellow IP nerds are at CES this week, hit me up. I’ll primarily be around the Venetian Expo, but I’ll wander over to LVCC for a bit.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The “black box” theory of AI has also permeated the patent field where examiners across the world have allowed AI claims without requiring disclosures of how the AI is enabled to do what is claimed. Allowing “black box” claiming violates the patent bargain.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

A Christmas gift to all Trademark professors searching for their next exam question.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

One of many amazing passages in the recent order granting Lane Kiffin's Motion to Dismiss a copyright infringement suit brought against him for tweeting an inspirational quote.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I would stand in line for these bagels every Sunday morning while a student at Columbia. When I went back to NYC, I brought home several dozen of them stuffed into my checked bags. Tbh, I would still eat them. They are the best bagels I have ever eaten in my life.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Hey Law Professors! Can someone put together a place for practicing lawyers to anonymously submit novel legal issues that impact them that they would like to see more scholarship regarding? Many of these issues stay hidden and are probably novel because it has never bubbled up to a judge yet.

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Douglas Bridges @dougbridgesesq.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

When you pull out all the stops on your encore for the last show on your US tour, and the song is an anti-bullying anthem that goes harder than anything played by most metal bands out there today. And yes, this is the music I try to get my kids to listen to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGR...

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BABYMETAL, Ijime, Dame, Zettai, 12-Oct-2023, YouTube Theater, Los Angeles

The first and only performance of IDZ on the 2023 US BabyKlok tour

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