Now that we're finished stuffing ourselves with turkey and
cranberries, it is officially the Christmas season [regardless of
retail marketing that started in October]. Now we can start
stuffing ourselves with Christmas cookies, candies, and other
goodies and celebrate with friends and family near and far. Here at
Trademarkology, we have a lot to celebrate – we were again
named to the ABA Journal's Annual Blawg 100 list of favorite
legal blogs.

This time of year, I think about all of the holiday traditions
in our family and get the house ready for family parties and that
all-important visit from Santa.
My kids are obsessed with The Elf on the
Shelf®. This has become a retail empire and
sparked an elf invasion. It seems that all of my kids' friends
have elves on various shelves at their houses, and teachers are
even bringing elves to their classrooms to help keep behavior in
check. The elves now have their own line of clothing and reindeer
pets to round out the