All Aboard the IP Trolling Train! New York Continues Harassing Over ‘I ♥ NY’
New York threatens model train company with a trademark suit. Model train company fights back.
New York Hearts IP Trolling
New York State is using IP law to stick it to the everyman, both literally and figuratively.
Pursuing The Pro Bono Story: A Conversation With Alicia Aiken
This Pro Bono Week, get inspired to give back with PLI’s Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, a one-of-a-kind podcast hosted by Alicia Aiken.
Benchslap of the Day: Ninth Circuit Smacks Copyright Trolls
The Ninth Circuit smacks down copyright trolls.
Non-Sequiturs: 12.06.12
* If you swap out a menorah and put in a dreidel, does your Hanukkah display avoid violating the Establishment Clause? I know, I know, WAR ON HANUKKAH. [Huffington Post] * I wonder why Martha Minow (law dean, HLS) or Robert Post (law dean, YLS) doesn’t write an op-ed defending the value proposition of going to law school? Wouldn’t you like to hear this argument from somebody who isn’t desperate to fill their class seats? [Constitutional Daily] * Isn’t the concept of the “last meal” the best thing about death row? Granted, that’s a low bar, but still. Having a last meal sounds so civilized. No wonder Texas and Florida want to take it away. [Legal Blog Watch] * Do patent trolls have a weakness to fire, just like videogame trolls? Because, I’d like for them to get burned. [Business Insider] * The fact that voter suppression doesn’t work doesn’t make it right. [Election Law Blog] * Ignoring losses until they go away sounds like the basis of any sound financial strategy. [Dealbreaker]
A Closer Look at the ‘Chaos’ of the American Patent System
The New York Times extensively digs into the patent wars gripping the tech industry.
Sports Law, Spaw, Lorts: An Introduction
Juggalo Law returns with an epic post about all things sports. And law. But mainly sports, with some law thrown in there...
Stand With Survivors: Legal Tools To Make A Real Difference This DVAM
Enhance your legal skills to advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence.
Al Davis, R.I.P.
Al Davis shuffled off this mortal coil on Saturday, slipping the surly bonds of earth. Juggalo probably doesn't need to tell you this, but Al Davis epitomized everything this website is about. Through sheer cunning and derring-do, Davis committed his life to two things: lawsuits and trolling the everliving s**t out of the most successful sports league this country has ever known....
Al Davis, R.I.P.
Al Davis shuffled off this mortal coil on Saturday, slipping the surly bonds of earth. Juggalo probably doesn't need to tell you this, but Al Davis epitomized everything this website is about. Through sheer cunning and derring-do, Davis committed his life to two things: lawsuits and trolling the everliving s**t out of the most successful sports league this country has ever known....