Zuckspeak
Mark Zuckerberg sounds free speechy again. Why on earth wouldn’t we trust him?
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New brew for Starbucks and trademark?
I’ve written so much, for so long, about the branding and trademark adventures — overwhelmingly unhappy ones — of Starbucks that I’ve pretty much run […]
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Database denouement
Anyone working in intellectual property law is familiar with the questions surrounding agreements to create, maintain and use customized databases. Yes, the client owns the […]
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That offensive Internet
My one-year-off college classmate, former document review colleague, oddly cheerful ultra-left-wing nut and bona fide genius (yeah, I know!) Brian Leiter has a short post […]
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There are good IP blogs too!
Congratulations to this year’s ABA Journal’s “Blawg 100” scientific reckoning of the top IP law blogs: IPWATCHDOG Gene Quinn’s IPWatchdog is on the trail of […]
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General practice and other non-bloggy lawyers seeking an introduction to legal aspects of blogging can now get one, along with continuing legal education credit in […]
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The ACLU’s strange bedfellows
Here’s some news: The American Civil Liberties Union says the Redskins are wrong, damned wrong — but they’ve got every right in the world to […]
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Orange you glad you’re such mullahs?
William Lozito at Name Wire writes about a counterfeiting double-cross, or is it triple-cross or something more?, that is so byzantine in its fruity dimensions […]
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Best of 2008: “No Social Networking Privilege”
This was originally posted on February 24, 2008. On Point reports that a New Jersey federal magistrate has, to the surprise of no actual attorney […]
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Monkeys and copyright: On the issue of standing
Dennis Crouch: Patent Litigator Andy Dhuey is also representing Photographer David John Slater who has been sued by the monkey Naruto for copyright infringement. In the 9th Circuit […]
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Dell’s cloudy IP planning
Has anyone figured this out? Dell’s newly-acquired trademark for the term “cloud computing” may have all the durability of a glass hammer, meaning it will […]
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The DO’s & DON’Ts of Fashion Lawyers’ Advertising
Tomorrow night TONIGHT (October 24, 2012) at Fordham Law School I will be speaking on a panel with fashion lawyers Bernice K. Leber of Arent Fox, Ted Max […]
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Best of 2014: The (Lang) Van guards of the proletariat
First published January 14, 2014. Remember when Vietnam was communist and stuff? Probably not. Well, I do. And yes, I look it. And yes, GET […]
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Best of 2009: Impolitico
Posted September 17, 2009. I first read about the brouhaha over the Politico trademark claim against the College Politico blog on Instapundit: ED MORRISSEY: “Who […]
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