#trademark and #tradedress twitter, thinking about pocky decision, if lack of alternative designs is not required for trade dress functionality, shouldn’t usefulness and not essential-ness always have been the standard for tradedress functionality?

In a rush to send myself an email about a transformative use decision, I sent this

I, for one, am morbidly curious to see what a European super league looks like, some grossly sterile final evolution of commercial soccer

Trying to write about Warhol v. Goldsmith but just can’t. I’ll say 2nd Cir should reconsider bc the court’s failure to consider scope of copyright in a simple photo + expansive view of derivative license rights turns few lucky photogs into gatekeepers of important cultural icons

anonymous in this platform liability discussion has lawyer brain bad.... 'What do you mean my client can't sell computer batteries rigged to explode? Latin phrase!'

Stephen A + Derek Rae dream commentary team

the long con is complete

outlook, welcome to the resistance

Great year for music