Ronald Coleman – Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP

An unusually detailed ruling on various pretrial motions in limine…more

Defendant Brulant moves in limine to preclude the testimony of Brian Cooper, Plaintiff Campmor’s expert witness on search engine optimization (“SEO”). The Court held a Daubert hearing on April 10, 2013. The motion is denied…more

Per Kenneth White, blogger at Popehat.com: http://www.popehat.com/2013/04/19/victory-for-blogger-patterico-in-free-speech-case/ : "Patrick Frey, also known as Patterico, has been living under the cloud of a frivolous,…more

An order denying a motion for summary judgment in a TTAB opposition in which we took over during the discovery period. The decision is based mainly on the movant's (Opposer's) failure to meet the high standard for determining…more

In his Renewed Motion to Dismiss (“the Motion”), Mr. Frey established that the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) fails utterly, as did its predecessor, to meet the standards required to sustain a lawsuit under Fed. R. Civ. P…more

Plaintiff operates a website called Community College Review. It received multiple cease and desist letters, which escalated in the severity of their threats, from counsel for certain institutions about which routine,…more

From the Introduction: This Court, acting sua sponte, raised the question whether Plaintiff Nadia Naffe’s original complaint was supported by diversity jurisdiction, suggesting that its allegations might not support damages…more

From the Preliminary Statement: This is not yet another case of a member of an ethnic group seeking registration of a supposedly offensive slur on the ground that group members, or he in particular, have “embraced” the term. …more

From the Preliminary Statement: In Chosun Int'l, Inc. v. Chrisha Creations, Ltd., 413 F.3d 324, 328 (2d Cir. 2005), this Court held that “one may not copyright the general shape of a lamp.” This appeal raises the question of…more

From the preliminary statement: "For all its bluster, Rosetta’s opposition to Campmor’s motion in limine falls unsurprisingly short on substance – and never comes close to demonstrating why the jury in this complex…more

This brief opposed a motion by defendant to essentially, we argued, relitigate key issues in the case. The court agreed with the vast majority of our opposition, as demonstrated by the order entered on this motion and linked to…more

Memorandum of law in opposition to defendant's ultimately unsuccessful motion to limit key evidence of lost profits and other damages in amounts beyond the stated contract limitations. We demonstrated that under Ohio law, which…more

Brief in opposition to several motions in limine brought by defendant in this action…more

From the Preliminary Statement: "Nearly two years ago, Brulant, LLC (“Rosetta”) sought to preclude the testimony of Brian Cooper (Campmor’s SEO expert) through a motion in limine. As the Court recalls, the relief sought by…more

From the Introduction: This is a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). In moving to dismiss the first Complaint filed in this action, defendant John Patrick Frey (and former defendant Christi Frey)…more