I got in a conversation recently about which of the Presidential candidates I’d be supporting. Ordinarily, I hate getting into conversations like that; my involvement in some high-profile political disputes during my old career as a practicing lawyer left me fairly soured on politics in general, and for some years now I’ve basically been a [...]
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[UPDATE: As expected, the jury found liability for copyright infringement and awarded the recording industry $222,000. That is considerably less than the $3.6 million in damages theoretically available, but still represents a win for the RIAA. It will be interesting to see if this discourages other defendants from fighting through to trial.] The jury is [...]
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Colette Routel, a friend who teaches Native American Law at Wayne State, pointed me to a trademark tussle over Hors La Monde’s move to name a new perfume “Shiloh.” Angelina Jolie, parent of Shiloh (along with Brad Pitt), filed an opposition to HLM’s attempt to register the mark. (See Application S/N 78911573 at the USPTO’s [...]
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I spent Friday and Saturday at this year’s Works in Progress in Intellectual Property Colloquium, graciously and efficiently hosted at American University’s Washington College of Law. (Next year it will move on to Tulane Law). The number of papers was somewhat bewildering, and the conference was organized on three concurrent tracks to cram everyone in. [...]
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