Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log

Reputation Economies Symposium at Yale Panel I: Making your name online! Moderator : Laura DeNardis: Online, this panel might look diff...

Following on the heels of Carol Burnett's unsuccessful suit, Art Metrano has sued Fox over the use of his act in the Family Guy movie, ...

Deven Desai linked to this very interesting commentary on Kindle, Amazon's new(est) book reader. It is entirely worth reading on its ow...

I had the privilege earlier this week of visiting DePaul as a Hosier Distinguished Scholar. I gave a talk about attribution rights, the su...

Gregory P. Magarian, Market Triumphalism, Electoral Pathologies, and the Abiding Wisdom of First Amendment Access Rights , 35 Hofstra L. Rev...

Apparently even one of Microsoft's marketers had some trouble explaining what "Vista capable" meant in the context of logos ap...

Tang v. Putruss, --- F. Supp. 2d ----, 2007 WL 2909459 (E.D. Mich.) Plaintiff Tang is a photographer. Defendant Putruss is the prin...

I was listening to 30 Seconds to Mars cover Kanye West’s Stronger , and it occurred to me that covering songs that, in the original, contai...

Which is why pet food makers who use them don't like to mention them, I presume. Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. v. Nutro Products, Inc....

Misleading holiday food items here .

Anti-lawyer advertising, that is, when a dispute over Hogan & Hartson's work on a Colorado state deceptive advertising claim against...

On the heels of a recent decision immunizing a radio station from liability for the professionals highlighted/advertised by its programs, t...

Encompass Insurance Co. v. Giampa, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2007 WL 3359703 (D. Mass.) Plaintiff sued five people (one named Edward Kenned...

Park v. Korea Radio USA, Inc., 2007 WL 3358139 (Cal. App. 2 Dist.) Plaintiffs gave money to two investment companies but the companies ...

The NYT Magazine’s Consumed has a story about Last Exit to Nowhere , a British purveyor of T-shirts advertising fictional brands from (larg...