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 […]
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Cleaning Up, or Getting Their Clocks Cleaned?
I stumbled on this article in Slate and it seemed to contradict my point in one of my favorite posts. On reflection I realized that […]
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Continue reading » Vacation Justified!
If the news cycle gets slow enough, anyone can get quoted on the Internet! Plus, if you clicked on the throwaway at the bottom of […]
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Continue reading » Reverse Trademark Dilution?
Trademark dilution is something that happens when you use my “famous” trademark in a way that, while not necessarily threatening likelihood of confusion — because […]
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Continue reading » We Who Were There Salute You in Our Leisure Suits
IP … trademarks … branding … design … interior design … awful interior design of the 1970’s! Maybe I don’t have to sweat topicality after […]
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Continue reading » The Potential Hazzards of Putting up Yer Dukes
So many strands of America in our time converge in this story, regarding which I predict some sort of IP dustup: “Cooter” was evidently the […]
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Continue reading » Carnival of the Brands
Not really. But it’s better than one, I think. And, you know, brands are trademarks and trademarks are brands, pretty much. Business Week’s website has […]
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Political Correctness Trademark Battle Continues
We haven’t heard the last of the fight over the Washington Redskins trademark fight. The AP reports that the earlier decision rejecting the challenge based […]
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Have a Coke and a Trial
India doesn’t have a First Amendment, as such, but from what I read its free speech protections are similar to those in the West. So […]
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Continue reading » Roe, Roe, Roe Your Vote
Everyone’s judicial philosophy, per Kausfiles: [J]udges should have a coherent judicial philosophy and follow it to the conclusions they would not prefer … except for […]
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Continue reading » Likelihood of Revelation
The last week or so has been light on blogging, largely because of technological issues but also because of a slow week in topical news […]
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Continue reading » New Penumbra: "Internet Free Speech"
Glenn Reynolds links to an editorial in the Washington Times that urges “Free speech for bloggers,” to which Glenn adds, “and everyone else.” But while […]
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Continue reading » It’s Not the 20th Century Any More for Email Retention
Reuters “news service” “reports,” astutely: “Where judges once were more likely to accept that incompetence or computer problems might be to blame, they are now […]
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Continue reading » Not a Rookie — Just a Freedom Fighter
Doug, you’re right about this: Helen Thomas will, in one capacity or another, outlast Scott McLellan in his role as White House Press Secretary. But […]
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