Proof that TV doesn’t harm kids, Butch!
Slate explains how Likelihood of Confusion did it: If anything, the data revealed a small positive uptick in test scores for kids who got to... Read more
Category: LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®
Not Hiring, but…
I (in my role as head of a small law firm) do get a lot of letters and emails of inquiry. It’s interesting to see... Read more
The media’s ancien regime
Hugh Hewitt, he of the media Jacobins, confronts the crumbling edifice of the mainstream media at its Versailles — the Columbia University Graduate School of... Read more
Blawg Review: Infamy, Praise, Several Butchers’ Aprons
The new Blawg Review is up at Colin Samuels’ Infamy or Praise. Colin explains the origin of his blog’s name — Dante’s Inferno, which is... Read more
Perpetual Patent Profits?
IPKat writes about that bane of patent examiners — or is it really just a study break for the nerdiest G-men? — perpetual motion machines.... Read more
Fair Use Still Breathing
The online New York Law Journal reports that the federal court in the Southern District of New York has ruled that a painter who produced... Read more
Alito on Free Speech
A 2001 Third Circuit opinion from Judge Alito supports even unpopular speech, even in schools: We . . . have found no categorical rule that... Read more
Trademarks Bring World Peace?
The online Prague Daily Monitor reports Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan told CTK that he is not opposed to Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek’s idea... Read more
American Graffiti
Graffiti: Art or crime? And by crime, I don’t mean mere vandalism. I mean criminally bad legal-decision-making. The New York Law Journal reports: On July... Read more
Strict construction
No, not more about that constitutional dustup at the Volokh Conspiracy. The delivery guys were supposed to be here yesterday with a blog roll and... Read more