Patent Docs Makes List for Third Year in a Row
The ABA Journal, the American Bar Association's flagship magazine, has announced its annual list of the 100 best legal blogs -- or blawgs -- following a nomination process that began over the summer (see "ABA Journal Accepting Nominations for 8th Annual Blawg 100"). The 100 blogs selected by the ABA Journal were chosen from a list of more than 4,000 law blogs. The 100 honorees on the 2014 list have been divided into thirteen categories: Criminal Justice, Tort/Consumer, Law Practice Management, Legal Research/Legal Writing, Litigation, Niche, News/Analysis, Labor & Employment, For Fun, Profs, Intellectual Property, Careers/Law Schools, News/Courts, and Legal Tech. Seven honorees of the 2014 Blawg 100 were selected in the Intellectual Property category, including Patent Docs, which was selected to the Blawg 100 for the third year in a row. The other blogs selected to the IP Law category were Biederman Blog; Trademark & Copyright Law; Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log; Hollywood, Esq.; DuetsBlog; and Trademarkology. Biederman Blog, Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log, and Hollywood, Esq., like Patent Docs, were all repeat nominees.
An alphabetical list of the 2014 Blawg 100 can be found here and a list of the top blawgs sorted by category can be found here. In announcing the 2014 Blawg 100, ABA Journal Editor and Publisher Allen Pusey noted that law blogs are "[n]o longer to be confused as a fad or the realm of the tech-savvy," but rather are "rooted in the legal media landscape." He observed that "[w]hile traditional media sources often break news, law blogs dive deeper to offer insight into what the news means for clients, the legal profession and the public," and indicated that the blogs making the 2014 Blawg 100 "are well-written and, more often than not, entertaining."
Now that the ABA Journal has selected its Blawg 100 for 2014, it is asking readers to choose their favorites from among the top 100. In order to vote for your favorites, you will first have to register here (registration is free). Readers can then vote for their favorite blogs here. According to the ABA Journal, each person gets a total of 13 votes, to distribute as they see fit among the blogs they like, with a limit of one vote per person, per blog. Voting will conclude on December 19, 2014, and the winners will be announced in January.
In addition to releasing its 8th annual Blawg 100, the ABA Journal added ten new inductees to the Blawg 100 Hall of Fame, featuring law blogs that have "consistently been outstanding throughout multiple Blawg 100 lists." The Blawg 100 Hall of Fame currently includes Patently-O (2012 Hall inductee) and IPWatchdog (2013 Hall inductee). A list of the thirty Blawg 100 Hall of Fame inductees can be found here.
We would like to thank our readers for nominating Patent Docs for the Blawg 100, and we would like to thank the ABA Journal for making Patent Docs a 2014 Blawg 100 honoree.
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