Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log

Bridal Expo, Inc. v. Van Florestein, 2009 WL 255862 (S.D. Tex.) Bridal Expo produces the Bridal Extravaganza Show in Houston, one of th...

Masters v. UHS of Delaware, Inc., 2008 WL 5586244 (E.D. Mo.) Plaintiff, part of the team of Masters and Johnson, is the owner of a serv...

Still behind; first panel to follow later. Crossing Boundaries Graeme Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Developing a Private Inte...

Intro and first panel later, when I've written up my notes. The Boundaries of Patent Law Usual disclaimers, squared: I’m not a pate...

YouTube's content screening has gotten more aggressive of late, barring a number of remixes with strong fair use claims. Individual crea...

These days, consumer understanding of branding allows Google, Kleenex and Xerox to preserve their marks while also being conversational term...

Peter S. Massaro, III, Filtering Through a Mess: A Proposal to Reduce the Confusion Surrounding the Requirements for Standing in False Adver...

I would love to see some IP papers come out of this conference. San Francisco State University has circulated the following call for papers ...

Note that after the Lori Drew conviction, the Pointy-Haired boss is not only wrong about the civil law (his proposed course of action would ...

Paul Levy posts here on Fox's attempt to argue that, because it's willing to run commercials to accompany any video excerpt online, ...

Catholic U IP roundtable, ably organized by Beth Winston. A very nice size, with papers at a stage that rewarded discussion. Adam Moss...

Aaron Schwabach, The Harry Potter Lexicon and the World of Fandom: Fan Fiction, Outsider Works, and Copyright , 70 University of Pittsburgh ...

German engineering--isn't . As the NYT points out, that's hardly the worst thing about those awful VW ads. But it's the most f...

How will the new administration affect music? Learn more here . The date: Feb. 11, at the National Geographic.

Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc. v. Schwarz Pharma, Inc., 2009 WL 151573 (E.D. Wis.) Schering-Plough sought an amendment to an...