Chris Rush Cohen

Hey there! I wrote the industry standard and best selling guide to the Beer Server and Certified Cicerone exams. If you're looking for those go here: The Beer Scholar . Thanks for your support! ...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-beer-scholar-study-guides-for.html

I launched a KickStarter to help raise money for an initial print run of study guides for the Certified Beer Server and the Certified Cicerone exams . For all the information you need about the s...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2014/02/i-launched-kickstarter-to-help-raise.html

It's been a few years since we arrived in San Francisco! After working for several years as an attorney, I'm excited to announce that I've made the move into the beer business. Since 2009 I'v...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2013/08/chris-is-certified-cicerone-and-is-now.html

Hey everyone, I have a new blog for anyone who is interested: The Massive Roadtrip My fiance and I are leaving New York and moving out west, but we're doing a huge roadtrip on our way out there...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2008/07/road-trip.html

This is just a 7/2007 update on what's happening with me -- It's been awhile since I've posted. I just haven't been in the IP blogging mood for a long long time. I still follow IP happenings, ju...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2007/07/life-goes-on.html

Good stuff. > The US patent office has reversed position and approved a request to > let a lesbian San Francisco motorcycle club trademark the name > "Dykes on Bikes...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/12/pto-allows-trademark-for-dykes-on.html

It's been awhile since I posted about new tech, but this is really cool. It sounds like some cyberpunk William Gibson or Neal Stephenson. I'm all for some clothes that compute and whatnot. >�...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/12/flat-foldable-batteries.html

Bar/Bri & Kaplan have been sued under antitrust laws for having a secret agreement to stay out of each others markets so that they could overcharge for their product. Anyone who's ever taken Bar/...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/barbri-kaplan-sued-under-antitrust-law.html

No one wants kids of 16 and under playing games like Grand Theft Auto -- that's why the ESRB rates the games, so that parents can determine which ones they want to purchase for their kids. Wit...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-legislation-proposed-to-limit.html

The UK is threatening major newspapers with a lawsuit over a story concerning a leaked document in which the UK and US Govts discuss whether to bomb the offices of the Al Jazeera newspaper. Th...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/prior-restraint-in-uk-editors-who.html

Gothamist readers are making some funny comments on it. > We spotted this sign on Wooster near Canal Street, close to where > all the vendors are selling bootleg Prada bag...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/strange-sign-posting-re-tourists.html

The Supreme's are going to take a look at patent warehousing and when injunctions for infringement are appropriate. I'm not very knowledgeable about patent law, but I know there is lots of discus...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/scotus-to-hear-ebay-appeal-re-when.html

NewsDay.com article : > More than 6,800 candidates passed the state bar examination in July, > the state Board of Law Examiners said Thursday.  >  > Out of 10,171 candid...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/67-bar-exam-pass-rate-in-ny-state.html

The title of the post pretty much sums it up -- I found out this morning that I passed the New York State Bar Exam! I am certainly relieved. I should also note that so far everyone I've spoken ...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/passed-new-york-bar-exam.html

Here's an interesting article concerning PI trial attorneys who are trying to break into the IP biz. Apparently, with all the ongoing 'tort reform,' the booming IP market is looking better and be...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/pi-litigators-moving-into-ip.html

Congratulations to my former Professor at the Cardozo School of Law, Susan Crawford , for being nominated to the board of ICANN ! They couldn't have chosen a more knowledgeable, intelligent, and...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/prof-susan-crawford-nominated-to-board.html

This is ridiculous and sad. These pols are going to make it impossible for small businesses or even homes to provide Wi-Fi to any comers. What's the point? Sounds like the only bunch such a law w...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/westchester-ny-wants-to-outlaw.html

Ok, so this story has NOTHING to do with the typical subjects of the site. But it is pretty crazy. A 14 month investigation of Judge Walter K. Steed of Hilldale, Utah has determined that Steed...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/mormon-utah-judge-married-to-3-sisters.html

Here's a fun entertainment law issue with some NY flavor: RealGM.com -- Houston Sues NBA For Rights To “Allan Houston Rule” Catchphrase > As part of the new CBA agreement betwee...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/allan-houston-rule-lawsuit.html

Man, I really wouldn't want to know what the inside of a Chinese prison looks like. "Big Crook," an uploader of movies on BitTorrent, is finding out though... PC Pro -- BitTorrent uploader co...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/bittorrent-uploader-convicted-for.html

VS. I'm not surprised by this suit. I have friends who told me that these books were extremely similar. The main difference apparently is that The Holy Blood & The Holy Grail is presented as ...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/11/da-vinci-code-heading-to-trial-for.html

The conference "State of Play 3 -- Social Revolutions " begins tonight. I've attended the first two and the topics covered are really fabulous -- it's all about real world law and the developm...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/10/state-of-play-iii-social-revolutions.html

XM & Sirius, the satellite radio companies, are reportedly to release new devices that allow the copying of the songs coming through the devices. To no one's surprise the RIAA is threatening su...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/10/satellite-radio-companies-face-suit.html

BBC: Digital music revenue 'triples' The article says that 6% of music sales are now digital -- worth $790 million. At the same time revenue from physical format music sales (CDs) fell 6.4%...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/10/digital-music-sales-triple-from-2004.html

This month Wired has a story of an American citizen who worked as an intellectual property pirate out of China and how he got busted. It's the story of Randy Guthrie, heir to the Guthrie-Phipps...

http://chris-cohen.blogspot.com/2005/10/story-of-us-ip-pirate-busted-in-china.html