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Constitutional Law, Courts, Lawyering, Media, Society, Torts April 15, 2014April 15, 2014

A’Peel Gone Bad: Posner Dismisses Case Of The “Banana Lady” And Suggests Bar On New Filings Pending Payment of Outstanding Fees

Judge Richard Posner has crushed the appeal of Catherine “Banana Lady” Conrad who sued for copyright infringement over the publication…

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Bizarre, Religion, Society, Torts December 17, 2013December 17, 2013

“Squirrel Busters”: Scientology Accused Of New Campaign Of Abuse Against High-Ranking Defector

Scientology has long been accused of thuggish treatment by former members who say that they are followed and harassed if…

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Animals, Society, Torts November 13, 2013November 13, 2013

Fighting Over Meatball: Shelter and Activist Fight Over Rights To The Name And Image Of California Black Bear

We have often discussed the abusive expansion of copyright and trademark laws. This includes common phrases, symbols, and images being…

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Congress, Courts, Free Speech, Lawyering November 7, 2013November 7, 2013

Office Depot Allegedly Threatens Reddit Over Parody Of Company Logo

We have often discussed the abusive expansion of copyright and trademark laws. This includes common phrases, symbols, and images being…

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Society, Torts October 29, 2013October 29, 2013

You Don’t Have Jack: Small Tennessee Distillery Sued Over Label and Shape of Bottle By Jack Daniel’s

We have another trademark fight where a major company demands the sole right to a common feature or phrase or…

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Bizarre, Congress, Free Speech, Lawyering, Society October 18, 2013October 18, 2013

Law Firm Pulls Commercial Parody of Geico and Allstate After Receiving Threats From Companies

My opposition to the ever-expanding trademark and copyright laws is well known. (For a prior column, click here). Common phrases…

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Congress, International, Politics, Society September 26, 2013September 27, 2013

Obama To India: Block Production Of Low-Cost Generic Drugs . . . Or Else

Millions of Americans struggle on a daily basis to afford medicine in the United States which is the highest in…

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Academia, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society August 15, 2013August 15, 2013

Report: Secret Service Targeted Aaron Swartz

This week we got another insight into the focus of the security agencies in the United States. Documents revealed that…

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Academia, Constitutional Law, Courts, Science, Society June 13, 2013June 13, 2013

Supreme Court Rules Against Patenting Of Human Genes

I previously wrote a column opposing the claim of Myriad Genetics over patenting human genes in the case of Pathology…

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Academia, Columns, Congress, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Politics, Science, Supreme Court April 14, 2013April 14, 2013

From Creator To Object: The Supreme Court To Consider Patent Claim To Human Genes

Below is my column this week in USA Today (the print version will run Wednesday while the web-version ran today).…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Politics, Society, Torts February 13, 2013February 13, 2013

Obama Administration Sides With Music Industry In Seeking To Uphold Draconian Award Against Minnesota Mother For Sharing Songs

We have previously discussed how President Obama has repeatedly yielded to the “copyright hawks” who have steadily increased the penalties…

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Bizarre, Congress, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Politics, Society January 24, 2013January 24, 2013

NFL Crushes Indiana Man Who Claimed Ownership Of “Harbowl”

We have previously discussed how Congress and the White House have yielded to demand for increasing copyright and trademark restrictions,…

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Criminal law, Lawyering, Politics, Society January 15, 2013January 15, 2013

Prosecutor of Aaron Swartz Linked To Another Suicide Of Defendant

We previously discussed how the Justice Department hounded Aaron Swartz in a prosecution that sought 35 years in prison for…

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Academia, Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society January 14, 2013January 14, 2013

Aaron Swartz And The Obama Administration’s War On Public Access To Information

The suicide of famed programmer and free access advocate Aaron Swartz shocked the world. However, the underlying story of the…

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Bizarre, International, Society June 4, 2012June 4, 2012

Wedding Crasher: Canada To Impose Retroactive Charges For Playing Songs At Weddings

I have repeated complained about the runaway copyright and trademark laws — and the failure of politicians to protect the…

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