Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman (b. 1963) is a lawyer and writer best know for representing Simon Tam and his Asian-American band The Slants in the historic case of Matal v. Tam, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the US Patent and Trademark Office could not, under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, refuse to register THE SLANTS as a trademark on the ground that it was "disparaging." He has written a popular blog about trademark and copyright law, LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION, since 2005.

Born in Queens, New York, Coleman spent his childhood half in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn and half in suburban central New Jersey. He attended Princeton University, where he concentrated in economics and politics, and obtained a law degree at Northwestern University in Chicago. He later attended Aish HaTorah College of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and eventually was a Kollel Fellow at Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn, New York.

Ron is a popular speaker, has a large following on Twitter under the handle @roncoleman and is the author of numerous professional articles and publications. He practices commercial and civil rights litigation as a partner in the Dhillon Law Group.