Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log

William K. Ford, ProCD: Tidying Up After the Stranger on the Street Epstein thinks the district court’s decision in ProCD was doctrinali...

Lydia Loren, Orphan Works and Open Access Orphan metaphor: poor things that need help/protection—powerful metaphor, fits with powerful/p...

WIPIP/Houston My apologies—I was a bit sick so I missed some of the discussion. Mary LaFrance, Distinctly Personal: Trademarks in Individual...

InCompass IT, Inc. v. Dell, Inc., 2012 WL 383960 (D. Minn.) There are some misappropriation/trade secret claims here, but I’m just cover...

Johns v. Bayer Corp., 2012 WL 368032 (S.D. Cal.)  The court granted plaintiffs’ motion for certification, indicating that the recent Hon...

Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., --- F.3d ----, 2012 WL 89176 (9 th Cir.)  A little late, but this case will be much cited (see...

Here's her website .  She opted out of the settlement, sued Honda in small claims court, and won nearly the statutory maximum of $10,000...