Tim Holbrook
@holbrookpatents.bsky.social
Provost’s Professor & Robert B. Yegge Distinguished Professor in Law, U of Denver Sturm College of Law. Intellectual Property and LGBTQ+ rights expert. Fighting advanced prostate cancer. https://www.law.du.edu/about/people/tim-holbrook
Last substantive day of class for the semester. (I have a review session on Nov. 19). I pre-scheduled makeup classes in the event I couldn’t teach due to my treatments. Fortunately that didn’t happen! It was a great Introduction to IP class!
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Last substantive day of class for the semester. (I have a review session on Nov. 19). I pre-scheduled makeup classes in the event I couldn’t teach due to my treatments. Fortunately that didn’t happen! It was a great Introduction to IP class!
AM bike ride-great for mental and physical health. Radiation is starting to cause some fatigue and GI issues….
October 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
AM bike ride-great for mental and physical health. Radiation is starting to cause some fatigue and GI issues….
First radiation treatment done. Now only 30ish more! Five days a week until November 20.
October 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
First radiation treatment done. Now only 30ish more! Five days a week until November 20.
I’ve opted to have radiation now instead of waiting and seeing if my cancer returns after I end hormone therapy. 5 days a week from Oct. 6-Nov. 20. 30 min. I’ll stay on hormones until mid-2026. We are in the mountains to relax and see the leaves this weekend. A nice respite before treatment begins.
September 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I’ve opted to have radiation now instead of waiting and seeing if my cancer returns after I end hormone therapy. 5 days a week from Oct. 6-Nov. 20. 30 min. I’ll stay on hormones until mid-2026. We are in the mountains to relax and see the leaves this weekend. A nice respite before treatment begins.
Getting back in biking shape!
September 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Getting back in biking shape!
I was supposed to be arriving on the Outer Banks to join my family on vacation today. Thanks Hurricane Erin! Instead, I did a 40 mile bike ride and felt great! Plenty of my favorite flowers along the path. 🌻
August 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I was supposed to be arriving on the Outer Banks to join my family on vacation today. Thanks Hurricane Erin! Instead, I did a 40 mile bike ride and felt great! Plenty of my favorite flowers along the path. 🌻
First ride into the law school for the new academic year … and post-surgery. I also have a new office with west facing views!
August 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
First ride into the law school for the new academic year … and post-surgery. I also have a new office with west facing views!
Reunion with my Chicago volleyball friends for Market Days! We live all over the country now, and my heart is full getting to spend time with these amazing people! ❤️
August 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reunion with my Chicago volleyball friends for Market Days! We live all over the country now, and my heart is full getting to spend time with these amazing people! ❤️
More safaris shots…so many animals up close! We closed out in Johannesburg and went to the Apartheid Museum and the Cradle of Humankind museum. Heading home tonight.
July 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
More safaris shots…so many animals up close! We closed out in Johannesburg and went to the Apartheid Museum and the Cradle of Humankind museum. Heading home tonight.
Spent the last 2.5 weeks in Southern Africa. Cape Town, Celebrated our 20th anniversary at the Cape of Good Hope, Victoria Falls, and safaris in Zimbabwe and Botswana. Amazing! Even saw two leopards and two giraffes mating!
July 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Spent the last 2.5 weeks in Southern Africa. Cape Town, Celebrated our 20th anniversary at the Cape of Good Hope, Victoria Falls, and safaris in Zimbabwe and Botswana. Amazing! Even saw two leopards and two giraffes mating!
My hair is thinning & falling out. My body continues to change from surgery & hormone therapy. Today is a tough day. Then I tell myself, “bitch, you’ve got cancer!” This body is doing everything it can to survive cancer. Embrace & celebrate every “flaw”! Ellen Bass’s poem capture’s this experience.
June 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My hair is thinning & falling out. My body continues to change from surgery & hormone therapy. Today is a tough day. Then I tell myself, “bitch, you’ve got cancer!” This body is doing everything it can to survive cancer. Embrace & celebrate every “flaw”! Ellen Bass’s poem capture’s this experience.
A few days in Durango with my college roommate and dear friend.
May 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A few days in Durango with my college roommate and dear friend.
A week ago, my catheter came out. The previous two setbacks arose about a week after the catheter came out. My walk started with anxiety attacks fueled by hot flashes. I grabbed a coffee, stood by the river, & walked to a place of gratefulness and optimism that it will be different this time.
May 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A week ago, my catheter came out. The previous two setbacks arose about a week after the catheter came out. My walk started with anxiety attacks fueled by hot flashes. I grabbed a coffee, stood by the river, & walked to a place of gratefulness and optimism that it will be different this time.
We had so much fun at the Air Supply concert last night! Sound check, Q&A, meet and greet…and then we were on stage for the first three songs! 🫠 They sound great and couldn’t have been nicer. We were smiling ear-to-ear the entire night!
May 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We had so much fun at the Air Supply concert last night! Sound check, Q&A, meet and greet…and then we were on stage for the first three songs! 🫠 They sound great and couldn’t have been nicer. We were smiling ear-to-ear the entire night!
A few shots from my beautiful niece’s wedding.
May 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A few shots from my beautiful niece’s wedding.
Hormone therapy is making my facial hair lighten and fall out, so I decided to go clean-shaven for the first time since 2018. Namon has filed a missing persons report for my chin. 🤣 Photos: today, a few weeks ago when side effect was kicking in, and before hormone therapy.
April 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Hormone therapy is making my facial hair lighten and fall out, so I decided to go clean-shaven for the first time since 2018. Namon has filed a missing persons report for my chin. 🤣 Photos: today, a few weeks ago when side effect was kicking in, and before hormone therapy.
Discharged and home, sweet, home. And a catheter for (at least) two weeks. 🫠 But I no longer feel like I have a knife in my stomach!
April 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Discharged and home, sweet, home. And a catheter for (at least) two weeks. 🫠 But I no longer feel like I have a knife in my stomach!
Great view, but I’m back in the hospital. After excruciating pain, off to the ER. My bladder is leaking into my abdomen. I’ll be here overnight for pain and infection prevention. Another scan tomorrow. And then I’ll probably have the catheter again for a bit when I go home. Not a good day.
April 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Great view, but I’m back in the hospital. After excruciating pain, off to the ER. My bladder is leaking into my abdomen. I’ll be here overnight for pain and infection prevention. Another scan tomorrow. And then I’ll probably have the catheter again for a bit when I go home. Not a good day.
Another beautiful sunset. I’ll take this as a good, pre-surgery omen. Tomorrow is the big day—surgery, the next big step in kicking cancer’s ass.
March 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Another beautiful sunset. I’ll take this as a good, pre-surgery omen. Tomorrow is the big day—surgery, the next big step in kicking cancer’s ass.
We had yard lighthouses in Atlanta because I love them! I had to give them up when we moved into a condo in Denver. My husband bought me a Lego one to navigate stress with my cancer treatment. I ❤️ it!
February 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We had yard lighthouses in Atlanta because I love them! I had to give them up when we moved into a condo in Denver. My husband bought me a Lego one to navigate stress with my cancer treatment. I ❤️ it!
Much needed weekend with the dearest of friends!
February 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Much needed weekend with the dearest of friends!
After meetings with three surgeons, I’ve decided to have surgery to remove my prostate and the impacted lymph nodes at UCHealth. The data are mixed on outcomes and there are risks, but I want to maximize my chances at remission. Surgery is scheduled for late March unless an earlier date opens up.
February 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
After meetings with three surgeons, I’ve decided to have surgery to remove my prostate and the impacted lymph nodes at UCHealth. The data are mixed on outcomes and there are risks, but I want to maximize my chances at remission. Surgery is scheduled for late March unless an earlier date opens up.
Louisville, OH, reunion in Colorado! Friends since kindergarten. 👀 Gina is a kickass entrepreneur in DC who lifts up people pushed to the margins. Check out her book, Recovery Hardware! ginaschaefer.com/book
February 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Louisville, OH, reunion in Colorado! Friends since kindergarten. 👀 Gina is a kickass entrepreneur in DC who lifts up people pushed to the margins. Check out her book, Recovery Hardware! ginaschaefer.com/book
Last week, a biopsy confirmed what my husband Namon and I knew was highly probable: I have prostate cancer. It is aggressive enough to require treatment. I have a scan after Thanksgiving that will let us know if it has spread. Then we will sort out treatment options. Very treatable but still scary
November 22, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Last week, a biopsy confirmed what my husband Namon and I knew was highly probable: I have prostate cancer. It is aggressive enough to require treatment. I have a scan after Thanksgiving that will let us know if it has spread. Then we will sort out treatment options. Very treatable but still scary
Great time debating trademark territoriality at INTA!
May 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Great time debating trademark territoriality at INTA!