The ABA Journal has begun
work on its 7th annual list of the 100 best legal blogs (or blawgs) and has
announced that it is seeking the advice of its readers, via the ABAJournal.com
website, on which blogs to include on this year's Blawg 100.  Last year, Patent Docs was honored to be included among five blogs selected in
the IP Law category of the Blawg 100 (see "ABA Journal Announces 2012 Blawg 100").

Readers interested in
nominating a particular blog for the 7th annual Blawg 100 should use the ABA
Journal's blawg 100 amici form.  Additional information about the Blawg 100
can also be found on the blawg 100 amici
form.  The form requires that anyone making a
nomination provide a name, employer or law school, city, and e-mail
address.  The ABA Journal requires this
information in order to discourage:

• Bloggers who nominate
their own blogs or nominate blogs to which they have previously contributed
posts.
• Wives and husbands who
nominate their spouses' blogs.
• Employees of law firms
who nominate blogs written by their co-workers.
• Public relations
professionals in the employ of lawyers or law firms who nominate their clients'
blogs.
• Pairs of bloggers who
have clearly entered into a gentlemen's agreement to nominate each other.

The ABA Journal, however,
welcomes comments (up to 500 words in length) from readers who do not fall into
the above categories.

Nominations must be
submitted no later than 7:00 pm (ET) on Friday, August 9, 2013.