Comments on: Crustacean Indicators of Origin http://madisonian.net/2006/12/11/crustacean-indicators-of-origin/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Thu, 10 May 2012 20:32:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Madison http://madisonian.net/2006/12/11/crustacean-indicators-of-origin/comment-page-1/#comment-113219 Mike Madison Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:43:35 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=872#comment-113219 Greg, The most provocative and engaging recent treatment that I've seen is Justin Hughes's piece on geographic indicators (The Spirited Debate about Geographical Indications), which may not be in print yet. But Justin has been refining the piece (pun intended, given that much of it has to do with alcohol) for some time. Mike Greg,
The most provocative and engaging recent treatment that I’ve seen is Justin Hughes’s piece on geographic indicators (The Spirited Debate about Geographical Indications), which may not be in print yet. But Justin has been refining the piece (pun intended, given that much of it has to do with alcohol) for some time.
Mike

]]> By: greglas http://madisonian.net/2006/12/11/crustacean-indicators-of-origin/comment-page-1/#comment-113189 greglas Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:02:15 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=872#comment-113189 I find these certification mark issues fascinating, Mike. I've got a sense, which I guess you share, that they're worth thinking about more as a mechanism to do some good in the marketplace (leaving good undefined for the moment). I'm thinking, for instance, of the efforts of a town near me to be "officially certified" as a Fair Trade marketplace. AFAIK, there's no such certification, but there's obviously a demand for it. The risk with all this, I suppose, is the same old risk: private certifiers get bought out, underfunded, or compromised in some way and governmental certifiers get captured by industry. I'm cautiously optimistic anyway -- especially w/r/t metadata. (Though then again, there's this AUTODESK litigation, which seems troublesome...) I haven't looked in any depth into the law review literature concerning them yet, though. If you have, and have any suggestions on interesting treatments, I'd be interested in cites. I find these certification mark issues fascinating, Mike. I’ve got a sense, which I guess you share, that they’re worth thinking about more as a mechanism to do some good in the marketplace (leaving good undefined for the moment).

I’m thinking, for instance, of the efforts of a town near me to be “officially certified” as a Fair Trade marketplace. AFAIK, there’s no such certification, but there’s obviously a demand for it. The risk with all this, I suppose, is the same old risk: private certifiers get bought out, underfunded, or compromised in some way and governmental certifiers get captured by industry.

I’m cautiously optimistic anyway — especially w/r/t metadata. (Though then again, there’s this AUTODESK litigation, which seems troublesome…)

I haven’t looked in any depth into the law review literature concerning them yet, though. If you have, and have any suggestions on interesting treatments, I’d be interested in cites.

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