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Sean Connolly

@connollyip.bsky.social

Husband, Father, Celebrity Chef to my kids, IP and Tech Transactions Attorney, and proponent of the Oxford comma.

created November 9, 2023

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Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Now I’m imagining in rem captions.

31/8/2025, 9:00:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m one of those people who generally agrees with unitary executive theory, but believes that executive should be much weaker than what it has become. There are dozens of us.

31/8/2025, 8:53:26 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow. I thought it would have been the opposite. As another non-MAGA gun guy, it’s a lonely life.

30/8/2025, 12:20:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

The false equivalency of two things that won’t happen and things that actually are happening

23/8/2025, 10:31:38 PM | 29 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Even the demons believe

23/8/2025, 1:49:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nathaniel William Horadam (@horadam.bsky.social) reposted

This is really bad framing because it pretends all mine tailings contain equal concentrations of these metals with recoveries possible if only we made people do it. Yeah, Li and Mn are especially common. The latter is also dirt cheap and proposing tailings recovery is ludicrous. 🔌💡

23/8/2025, 12:11:23 PM | 6 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t they want the ratings bump that would bring?

22/8/2025, 8:13:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

This applies to others’ content. Not yours

21/8/2025, 1:38:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

My understanding is this isn’t uncommon. The JAGs I graduated law school with did stints in a USA office. That was twenty years ago. I believe several were detailed to DC when Jan 6 cases flooded the dockets.

20/8/2025, 10:06:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Not unheard of. JAGs I graduated law school with almost all had stints being assigned to a USA office.

20/8/2025, 10:01:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Copyright requires distribution to the public, but I’d bet there are competing definitions in other federal statutes

20/8/2025, 9:20:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

No colors anymore. I want them all to turn black.

20/8/2025, 1:31:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like a high capacity assault sandwich carrier.

12/8/2025, 2:09:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

How else could he haul all the stuff from Costco?

11/8/2025, 9:28:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

How else could you assemble a team of five and get 15 opinions?

8/8/2025, 1:22:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Still looks like Karl Rove

5/8/2025, 1:13:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

If you call her a “Quisling,” does that count?

31/7/2025, 7:44:12 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

You know, the sun never set on the British Empire. Maybe we should bring that back.

31/7/2025, 7:10:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s the no “Gerrymanders” club. We are allowed to have one.

31/7/2025, 6:58:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

My guess is the view will get a bit hazier

31/7/2025, 4:31:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Her case is special because she is from Harvard

31/7/2025, 4:18:44 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

The RXM looks interesting

30/7/2025, 8:56:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

With recent events, they could make a claim based on tarnishment

30/7/2025, 8:15:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Why are you trying to make me feel old?

30/7/2025, 4:27:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Say what you will, but no one is talking about that drawing anymore

30/7/2025, 2:05:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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26/7/2025, 6:25:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Unicycles only

19/7/2025, 7:37:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I still think Trump has a bunch of debt that needs to be refinanced

15/7/2025, 9:12:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Reminds me of Karl Rove for some reason.

15/7/2025, 1:01:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Now SCOTUS Justices on the other hand

14/7/2025, 7:10:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that like the Judean People’s Front and the People’s Front of Judea?

14/7/2025, 4:51:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

My guess is he has a bunch of loans that need to be refinanced.

10/7/2025, 7:43:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sarah Fackrell (@design-law.bsky.social) reposted

Thanks to @ericgoldman.bsky.social for hosting this post on Lululemon v. Costco and to @lexlanham.bsky.social for being an extremely amazing coauthor:

9/7/2025, 4:45:35 PM | 42 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s hard to say manufacturers will get a year and a half to move here, and that it’s an emergency

8/7/2025, 11:30:48 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t know why I still am surprised when I see this from big law firms

8/7/2025, 7:57:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

First battlefield commissions of the meme wars.

17/6/2025, 4:58:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

But the “plunge” pun was spot on

16/6/2025, 11:31:22 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s called “distressing” and increases resale

29/5/2025, 9:34:40 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I think Molly is a Fed

28/5/2025, 9:33:52 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

No. It’s Costco.

21/5/2025, 11:41:58 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Wordle 1,426 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ok. I feel better.

15/5/2025, 2:17:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow. I’m surprised it’s Quarles

15/5/2025, 2:11:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

The dude’s tie looks to be based on the flag of the old apartheid government

12/5/2025, 11:23:35 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Labs are expert nappers

12/5/2025, 11:20:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Have you considered giving incentives to attendees who recruit other attendees and more if the recruited attendees in turn recruit more?

9/5/2025, 4:11:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

What additional levers of government would the Fed be given? I don’t see how you manage the debt through monetary policy

9/5/2025, 2:04:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

And I’ve been plaintiff’s counsel and prosecuted design patents

7/5/2025, 7:14:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

That would’ve been my next guess

7/5/2025, 7:06:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Let me guess…plaintiffs’ counsel?

7/5/2025, 7:04:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

The threadnaught was really the friends we made along the way

6/5/2025, 8:47:09 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I went there today. On a weekend which I avoid like the plague and it was still a pleasant experience.

5/5/2025, 1:51:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Lawyer here, but a chem eng undergrad. I have heard from multiple PhD friends that Europe is coming for our lunch. Especially in pharma.

4/5/2025, 11:01:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Demonstrating proficiency there would really differentiate them from others

4/5/2025, 10:54:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not in the market for 1Ls or recent grads anymore, but I’d think basic Word, Excel, and Acrobat skills are definitely needs. Beyond the basics, they should become proficient with shortcuts. They really speed things up, and at the billing rates commanded these days, you owe clients efficiency.

4/5/2025, 10:53:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t be bitter about the grades. Regret that pocket square with four peaks.

3/5/2025, 4:36:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

The alternative to deadly force: deadlier force

30/4/2025, 7:57:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

This. I used to fly in and take the L downtown. Faster than a cab.

25/4/2025, 5:50:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I thought we had a unitary executive

24/4/2025, 2:32:20 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Elect Cupich and it would be the funniest conclave ever.

24/4/2025, 3:27:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

No ping-pong? Has he not seen Forest Gump?

24/4/2025, 3:14:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m reminded of all the vacation places where I had to do work. There were some beautiful views.

24/4/2025, 2:49:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t know. That sounds like some of us transactional types.

23/4/2025, 11:02:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s one of the most conservative

23/4/2025, 8:54:55 PM | 27 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I thought the weren’t war plans

22/4/2025, 3:00:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Sounds suspicious. If recovered, the police should consider civil asset forfeiture.

21/4/2025, 7:49:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Just @ me next time

21/4/2025, 3:11:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish there was more. If people were genuinely concerned about their eternal soul, they might act differently.

21/4/2025, 1:15:26 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Just wait for the deflation to hit

9/4/2025, 3:46:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

And wages outpaced inflation

8/4/2025, 2:28:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

The order staying the stay has been stayed. Next those responsible for the sacking will have been sacked.

7/4/2025, 3:58:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I shudder to imagine Sen. Collins’ level of concern

26/3/2025, 3:14:32 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

True. Also, clients hire lawyers not firms. Clients may choose to not leave a lawyer at the firm, but the other side of that coin is that they’ll leave the firm to follow the lawyer. I hope some partners vote with their feet.

21/3/2025, 3:54:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At this point, Democrats may want to take up a collection in hopes of paying Mitch to switch parties and show how a minority wields its limited power

15/3/2025, 12:31:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

This is the only time I’ve been thankful for Brexit

13/3/2025, 1:10:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Disclaim CRIMP. The IT is suggestive of the things the article could crimp. /sarcasm

11/3/2025, 1:08:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I had successful heart surgery. I thanked God and brought a nice bottle of Scotch to my surgeon

1/3/2025, 12:52:29 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I’d hate to be that dumbass

28/2/2025, 7:35:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’d rather mine not

26/2/2025, 5:02:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Imminent lawful action. Close enough.

19/2/2025, 3:17:58 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

So, which came first?

2/2/2025, 4:58:52 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t forget to tip your lawyer. I’ll be dropping my rate and adding a mandatory gratuity

30/1/2025, 10:24:42 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Says a lot about us that we got blue first

10/1/2025, 3:20:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

Some of us are fellow attorneys so that’s really a highly honed skill

8/1/2025, 4:03:13 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sorry you moved, but at least you don’t have to claim her

6/1/2025, 8:49:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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More violent in the short term, I’d bet

6/1/2025, 8:25:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

It wouldn’t be so awkward if it was a Christian school

5/1/2025, 1:28:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I was thinking F-16 and F-5, but this works too

30/12/2024, 12:45:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is ridiculous. Shih tzu just doesn’t have the right texture for this technique.

29/12/2024, 9:55:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I make ham and bean soup every year after Christmas. Add a little vinegar and it’s amazing.

29/12/2024, 9:02:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

A bit smoky for my taste IIRC

22/12/2024, 2:06:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shouldn’t have sent those texts using Mint Mobile

22/12/2024, 1:54:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We just moved my great-grandparents’ clock to my place from my mom’s. It was a fixture in my grandparents’ house when I was growing up. The same gentleman who has serviced it my entire life will be coming to reassemble it. I’m happy to have it, but it feels a little strange.

A Herschede model 294 grandfather clock.
20/12/2024, 9:25:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And they will last forever if taken care of. They just need new soles from time to time.

20/12/2024, 12:35:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

That is pretty phenomenal. But kids can be mean.

18/12/2024, 9:59:49 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At least she didn’t make a swipe at how often your cert petitions are granted

18/12/2024, 9:37:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I could do that too, but then my kids grew up

17/12/2024, 5:05:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m alluding to a satirical account on the other site that routinely praises President Ben Franklin

17/12/2024, 2:41:12 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Connolly (@connollyip.bsky.social) reply parent

You sound like you financed your waterbed and can’t make the payments

17/12/2024, 2:24:21 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But don’t really “strive”?

16/12/2024, 2:38:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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14/12/2024, 12:57:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view