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Mary Wong Named Director of UNH’s New Franklin Pierce IP Center

March 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Press release here.
Congratulations, Mary!  It’s very well deserved.

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Tags: Academia · Admin · Copyright Law · Intellectual Property Law · Patent Law

Madisonian.net Welcomes Michael Risch

December 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments

I’m delighted to note another addition to the roster of Madisonian.net permabloggers:  Professor Michael Risch, who teaches at Villanova University School of Law.
Michael writes about IP, with an emphasis on patents and trade secrets.  He joined the Villanova faculty this year after a stint at the West Virginia University College of Law, and before starting [...]

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Changes

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments

As the 2010-2011 academic year gets underway, congratulations are in order for several Madisonian.net contributors who have new faculty appointments.  In alpha order:
Brett Frischmann has moved to Cardozo Law School at Yeshiva University.
Rob Heverly has moved to Albany Law School
and Josh Sarnoff has moved to DePaul University College of Law.
May the blogging continue.

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More Madisonian Expansion

September 10th, 2009 · No Comments

The roster of contributors to Madisonian.net is expanding again by three. Please welcome the following three law professors to the team, all of whom have overlapping interests in intellectual property law, technology law, and other things:
Jacqui Lipton, at Case Western Reserve, who also blogs at The Faculty Lounge,
Bruce Boyden, at Marquette, who also blogs [...]

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Madisonian Expands

September 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Our list of contributors (column at left) has recently expanded by three colleagues who write and blog about IP and technology law.   From time to time you will see posts from the following:
Mike Carroll, now on the faculty at American University Washington College of Law, who also blogs on his own at Carrollogos.  Mike is a [...]

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Resources for Legal Scholars

August 19th, 2009 · No Comments

As the academic year gears up, here’s a reminder that folks at Pitt Law offer the following resources to law professors:
The Legal Scholarship Blog, co-produced with the University of Washington School of Law, keeps up with law-related calls for papers, conferences, and workshops across all disciplines.  You can find it at http://legalscholarshipblog.com/  To have an [...]

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Tags: Academia · Admin · Events · Intellectual Property Law

Literalized Song Video: Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart

June 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments

The original:

The adapted, “literal video” version:

ETA: Live rowdy awesome eff bomb dropping feminist rockstar version of this doofy song here.

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Tags: Admin · Copyright Law · Online Norms and Culture

At Co-Op This Month

May 11th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m guest-blogging at Concurring Opinions this month and will cross-post here when it seems appropriate.   Here is my first (guest) post.

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Tags: Academia · Admin · Ideas

Bill Patry Has A New Book Coming Out: “Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars”

April 8th, 2009 · No Comments

From the publisher’s website:
Metaphors, moral panics, folk devils, Jack Valenti, Joseph Schumpeter, John Maynard Kenyes, predictable irrationality, and free market fundamentalism are a few of the topics covered in this lively, unflinching examination of the Copyright Wars: the pitched battles over new technology, business models, and most of all, consumers. In Moral Panics and the [...]

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Tags: Admin · Ideas · Law & Technology · Law School · The Trouble With Trademarks

Ann Bartow to Join madisonian.net

October 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments

On behalf of the existing madisonian.net crew, I am delighted to note that Ann Bartow, my longtime friend and IP colleague who teaches at the University of South Carolina School of Law, is bringing her inimitable IP blogging to madisonian.net. 
As many remember, for a long time Ann blogged on IP and information law at Sivacracy.  That [...]

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Welcome, Greg Lastowka

November 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’m delighted to report and announce another addition to the gang here at madisonian.net.  Greg Lastowka, who teaches intellectual property and technology law at Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, New Jersey, will be posting here regularly.
Greg has written or is writing currently about Google, cyber-property, digital attribution, virtual worlds, and many, many other [...]

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We Get Knocked Down, But We Get Up Again

November 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Speaking of access problems that leave consumers with no effective self-help, Madisonian readers earlier today were unable to access this blog — because a truck in Dallas drove into a power transformer. That led to, um, “power issues” at the facility that hosts the servers that deliver this blog, among many other, more profitable [...]

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Tags: Admin · Just for Fun · Law & Technology

Share This Plug-in Added

May 11th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve added the Share This WordPress plugin to the blog — see the green icon at the bottom of each post.  This is a nifty tool that simplifies the mechanics of sharing a post with any of a host of social bookmarking sites.  It also has an email forwarding function built in.  The plugin can [...]

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Alfred Yen Joins Madisonian

April 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’m delighted to report that Professor Alfred Chueh-Chih Yen, of Boston College Law School, is joining the madisonian.net blogging team.
He comes aboard fresh from a successful guest-blogging stint at Concurring Opinions.
Professor Yen is one of country’s leading scholars of intellectual property law, and within IP he has a special interest in copyright law. He [...]

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Pardon the Dust

December 11th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Madisonian.net is undergoing a little housecleaning while we transition from a 2-column format to a 3-column format. Please pardon the dust! Content should continue without interruption.
UPDATE (12/12):  Done!  If you have suggestions or comments on the new look, share in the comments.  Thanks.

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Frank Pasquale Joins Madisonian Masthead

July 31st, 2006 · No Comments

I’m back from a six-week sojourn in various parts of North America and Europe. There is some catching up to do, administrative and otherwise. Most important, I’m delighted to announce that Frank Pasquale, who has filled this blog with excellent, thought-provoking guest posts in my absence, has agreed to stay on as a [...]

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Frank Pasquale to Guestblog

May 31st, 2006 · 1 Comment

He’s been guestblogging at Prawfsblawg; now Frank Pasquale of Seton Hall Law School, who focuses on intellectual property, technology, and health care (among other things), will be guestblogging at madisonian.net.
We’re delighted to have Frank on board. Welcome!

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Taxonomy

April 6th, 2006 · 4 Comments

At Ian Best’s new taxonomy of legal blogs, madisonian.net is classed as “General Blogs – Law and Culture, Economics, Politics, etc.” and in the “List of Legal Blogs,” but not in “Law Professor Blogs,” or “Technology and the Law,” or “Intellectual Property Law,” or “Internet Law.” This isn’t a complaint, quite, but it is [...]

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Tags: Academia · Admin · Ideas · Law & Technology