So let’s talk about the SUPER BOW…[SHHHHHH!!!] Samsung has posted a really funny video of a Super Bowl ad where a fictional Samsung executive cautions two ad writers that Samsung may not use trademarked terms such as SUPER BOWL, BALTIMORE RAVENS, or SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS. The video is a hoot, starring Seth Rogen and Paul […]
For those who love both trademark law and hot sauces, I give you P.E.T.A. (People Eating Tasty Animals) hot sauce. (For non-trademark folks, see http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/stjohns/PETA_v_Doughney.html). Cross-posted to Infoglut Tumblr.
Despite the slings and arrows of Hurricane Irene hitting Washington a week ago, the recent Global Congress on Intellectual Property Law and the Public Interest has produced an important document calling for more transparency and public participation in the crafting of IP law.The Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest is an important step […]
I’ve posted a draft of my forthcoming article Civil Procedures for a World of Shared and User-Generated Content to SSRN. It’ll appear in print in the University of Louisville Law Review. Here’s the abstract: Scholars often focus on the substance of copyrights as opposed to the procedures used to enforce them. Yet copyright enforcement procedures […]
