Ronald Coleman, a commercial litigator focusing on copyright, trademark and unfair competition, heads the firm's intellectual property and new media practice.  Ron's work is at the leading edge of the developing law relating to the use and abuse of intellectual property on the Internet. One of the best-known lawyers in the “blogging” world, he is the volunteer general counsel of the Media Bloggers Association.  His blog about copyright, trademark, free speech and related issues, LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®, was recognized by the ABA Journal as one of the top 100 law-related blogs in the country in its first-ever listing of law blogs in 2007. 

In fact, Ron wrote the first article on Internet law in that magazine (1995) and has published numerous articles and treatise  contributions on law and litigation.  Most notably, he co-authored the chapter on “Responses to Complaints” in the first edition of Business and Commercial Litigation in the Federal Courts published by the American Bar Association and the West Group.

An AV-rated commercial litigator, Ron has successfully represented clients of every size in state and federal courts in bench and jury trials as well as in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and in arbitrations and mediations throughout the country.  He has litigated and tried a wide range of commercial and other cases, including not only IP / IT and business tort cases but contract, employment, ERISA, estate, regulatory, RICO, franchising, taxation, insurance and other claims as well.

Ron is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey and is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (the “City Bar”), which recently reappointed him to its Trademark and Unfair Competition Committee.  He is also a past member of the Internet Committee (Online Use Subcommittee) of the International Trademark Association (“INTA”) . 

Ron received his AB in Economics from Princeton University and is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law.  He is listed in the current editions Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.  Ron is also actively involved in online social media and has a Twitter feed at the username @roncoleman.