When is a “vessel” like a trademark?
I’ve been fascinated by the arcana of admiralty and maritime jurisprudence since I took Federal Jurisdiction in law school and learned that in many courts, the mounting of a silver oar before the bench symbolizes that the court is invested, for the moment, with admiralty or maritime jurisdiction. How cool is that?Read More »Raise High the Silver Oar!
Does angst about “copying” presuppose a culture that reads works as “art”? The Knockoff Economy team posted last week about… Read More »Shanzhai and Copying
The Economist has a briefing titled “Everything is connected” that wanders about the dynamics of Internet politics and policy, with… Read More »Everything Might Be Separate
Is it possible to have a sensible conversation about the future of “containers” for creativity (such as books) and the… Read More »Containers, Content, and Such
I am intrigued by possible comparisons between US law schools (a single industry, with close to 200 “brands”) and Hostess… Read More »Lawyers and Twinkies: A Different View