Holding Caulfield
I could have linked to a million stories on this, but Publishers Weekly seems appropriate*: Finding that author J.D. Salinger is “likely to succeed on the... Read more
Tag: Big Thoughts
Gibson argues for brand on the merits
Since the beginning I’ve been blogging about the attempts by Gibson and Fender, the makers of fine guitars, to avoid copycat competition via the trademark... Read more
Best of 2009: Don’t be evil, much
Posted February 7, 2009. It was bad enough that the government has gone “in house” on copyright issues. Now not only is the government looking... Read more
China clamps down on the Net
China sets new rules on Internet news – Yahoo! News BEIJING (Reuters) – China set new regulations on Internet news content on Sunday, widening a... Read more
No free lunch. But those prices?
“Information wants to be free.” I must have mocked those words dozens of times here. Or a few. I might be counting the times I... Read more
Pushing the edges of franchising
On Avenue J in Brooklyn’s Midwood section (known to orthodox Jews as “Flatbush,” though it is barely near Flatbush proper), LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® encountered a... Read more
China fakes reform
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics — which is nothing if not a branding, merchandising and licensing bonanza to which athletes are invited —... Read more
Copyright belongs to the ages
Media Wonk: No wonder they call Economics the Dismal Science. At the Internet Video Policy Symposium in Washington yesterday (co-sponsored by Content Agenda), a chorus... Read more
Google Gets it Right
Perfect discrimination is every seller’s dream. The Internet at once promises to make that dream reality and yet provides consumers with the range of choice... Read more
Free Expression vs. Copyright in the Digital Age
Here’s a “sneak preview” that was excerpted [when this item was first posted] from a paper to be delivered at Emory University’s Conference on Free... Read more
Jenzabar: Blogs are sticks and stones; they hurt me.
Jenzabar, the educational software company Paul Levy and I mentioned last month (and which Overlawyered picked up) in connection with its “trademark as censorship tool”... Read more
McCain comes clean
Senator McCain finally admits his hierarchy of values: The Constitution is nice, but a mainstream media monopoly on opinion is nicer. (Via Instapundit.) No wonder... Read more
Philosopher Kings, Not
The Atlantic Online features an article by Bejamin Wittes bellyaching about the quality of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rationalization of its all-powerful rule over the... Read more
The Eve of Destruction
Big buzz for the new book by my law school classmate and ideological opposite, Professor Doug Litowitz: Advance praise for The Destruction of Young Lawyers:... Read more