Best of 2005: Culture Killers or Pains in the Neck?
First posted on February 17, 2005. Wired reports on a new book whose thrust, evidently, aligns decently well with my own little personal views (and... Read more
Tag: Trademark Bullying
Best of 2012: Not my money
Originally posted February 21, 2012. Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings... Read more
Trademark “crime”?
Anthony Tambourino reports this odd item: Hershey, the largest candy maker in the U.S., has filed suit inIndianapolis, charging a Pennsylvania apparel-maker with infringing on... Read more
Not my money
Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings us to the issue of... Read more
Best of 2007: Trademark “crime”?
Published November 20, 2007. Anthony Tambourino reports this odd item: Hershey, the largest candy maker in the U.S., has filed suit inIndianapolis, charging a Pennsylvania... Read more
Bentley gets stuck in reverse
I hardly ever write about trademark things from other countries, including the Mother Country. But this UK story seemed like a good trademarks / brand... Read more
Upper crust: the POCKET SANDWICHES (and maybe croissants) saga (Part 2 of 2)
I owe this essay to everyone who believed in creating a dream, and helped build his or her own company into the company we almost... Read more
IP’s Ancien Régime
Instapundit linked to an abstract of a law journal article called “IP in a World Without Scarcity” by Mark Lemley at Stanford. Fun fact from his Stanford... Read more
Don’t say it! SUPER BOWL®, that is.
I don’t watch a lot of TV — don’t even have one, actually. And I only raise the topic because that is my excuse for... Read more
Up in smoke
Ever hear about people who buy ultra-expensive fine jewelry and then, concerned with security, keep it in a vault and wear a copy of the... Read more