Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log

Here’s a petition to the US government to commit to free public access to the published results of federally funded research that I think i...

Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America v. First One Lending Corp., 2012 WL 1698368 (C.D. Cal.) It is interesting to see how TM has be...

Including some quotations-- The Lion King , Clueless --that add to the fun.

The NYT has Adam Davidson on making choices in an information-oversaturated world .   It doesn’t use the word “trademark,” but recites the s...

Nicola Roxon, Australian AG, Why Are Plain Packs Making Big Tobacco So Angry? If used correctly, tobacco kills, which makes it unique; ...

James Grimmelmann has a post highlighting what may be the biggest lesson from the case (I know, the fair use stuff is important too, but th...

Allen v. Hylands, Inc., 2012 WL 1656750 (C.D. Cal.) Plaintiffs sued Hylands for the usual California claims, including breach of warran...

Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., --- F.3d ----, 2012 WL 1662048 (Fed. Cir.) Apple sued Samsung for infringing three design...

Guido v. L'Oreal, USA, Inc., 2012 WL 1616912 (C.D. Cal.) Plaintiffs sued on behalf of putative classes of California and New York r...

Lam v. General Mills, Inc., --- F. Supp. 2d ----, 2012 WL 1656731 (N.D. Cal.) Lam brought a putative class action against General Mills...

Sarah Tran has written a short piece on my article Worth a Thousand Words .

Greenspan v. Random House, Inc., --- F. Supp. 2d ----, 2012 WL 1630754 (D. Mass.) Aaron Greenspan, pro se, sued defendants, including C...

Cardenas v. NBTY, Inc., 2012 WL 1593196 (E.D. Cal.) Cardenas brought a putative class action against NBTY and Rexall for selling Osteo-...