Unreliable estimates place the crowd at 60 last night at MEET THE BLOGGERS III. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. Thanks to the Billy Goat Tavern. Thanks to John Welch for organizing the event. Maybe we’ll do a mid-year, maybe not, otherwise see you in Berlin. Photos here.

After the blogging get-together tonight at the Billy Goat Taven (which, I am told, is below street level so look for the stairs), a bunch of us are meeting up at Kingston Mines (a blues club), 2548 N. Halsted.

Here’s the map of where the meet the bloggers thing is Monday night, 7:30 to 9:30. If you’d like to say hello and can’t make it Monday night, drop me a line – marty at schwimmerlegal dot com.

Prof Goldman: “The Best and Worst Internet Laws” (Utah places 4 out of top 10 but losts out to CDA.

Why didn’t I think of this? Why didn’t somebody tell me this before? Teach yourself to compile your emails from the bottom up. First, if there’s an attachment, attach it first. That way you avoid having to send the “Oops, this time with attachment” follow up. Then compose your email before you address it. That…

Billy Goat Tavern, 430 N. Michigan, Monday Night, April 30, 7:30 to 9:30. Convenient to all buses going to bigger better financed INTA parties. Ron Coleman of Likelihood of Confusion, John Welch of TTAB Blog and a domestic shorthair from IPKat will be signing copies of their blogs. My colleagues from Moses and Singer will…

In 2002 we reported on some of the oldest business names in the world. The Japanese business KONGO GUMI, reportedly founded in 578, was a possible winner. Alas, Business Week reports that Kongo Gumi, family-run all those years, has gone out of business.

Via Boing Boing, Robots act as ‘touts’ for sex clubs in Osaka. It’s a long and involved story but there’s an interesting speech issue, and an interesting agency/principal issue.