The Law Office of Fred Tong

Surprising probably no one, Nike and MSCHF have settled the dispute over Satan's shoes. Not going to lie, I wanted the spectacle of arguing over Satan's shoes having a drop of blood in the sole... #nike #mschf #trademarklaw #branding #marketing #dilution http://ow.ly/6hTV50El0Sf

Deshaun Watson's woes hit him where it really hurts, the pocket book http://ow.ly/3pM150Ekb82

The Supreme Court just handed down a major copyright case ruling. It's important to remember that the different branches of IP overlap and that software can be a copyrighted and not just patented. #copyrightlaw #scotus #google #oracle #copyright #java http://ow.ly/dXhs50EgRmA

That was fast, but round 1 has been won by Nike. Typically, the arguments and evidence must be pretty strong to get a temporary restraining order. So Satan might have to RIP. #Nike #Branding #trademarks https://cnn.it/3mdM6Ki

The intersection of UCLA’s Final Four run, business and law. Also, $12 million is a lot of money. Go Bruins! #UCLA #Nike #marketing #branding #finalfour #underarmour http://ow.ly/AwRz30rCU9f

As a former UCLA band nerd, UCLA + BTS this might be the ultimate collab. Why didn't the UCLA Marching Band do any of this kind of stuff back when I was a member? #UCLABand #BTS https://twitter.com/UCLABand/status/1230960656234373120?s=20

Intel has taken some hits lately, but this is probably one of the biggest right now. $2.18 billion is a lot of money no matter how much Intel is worth these days. Maybe I should have gotten into litigation... http://ow.ly/GwbK50DOqQC

This might be enough to make me cash in my 1 year of free Apple TV+ https://www.worldsurfleague.com//apple-tv-orders-new-world

The commercial success of Vtubers starting to gain some major traction out West. From the recent Polygon article, 8 of the top 10 youtube tip earners are Vtubers, with 2 topping $1 million! Sadly, the price of success are lawsuits http://ow.ly/Q2eo50CA0Tq

The increasing power and influence of the nerd economy and the money fueling it. The Vtuber takeover of 2020 - Polygon https://www.polygon.com//hololive-vtuber-projekt-melody-ki

Congrats to the Merrick family and the entire CI crew! https://www.theinertia.com//ownership-of-channel-islands-/

Excited to see the positive impact that surfing has on people around the world. #surfing #india @ishitamalaviya https://www.cnn.com//surfing-ishita-malaviya-la/index.html