Pajamas TV, that is. Look, Mom — 46 today and I’m a star of the widdle-bitty screen!...

Today is the Jewish holiday of Purim. (Unlike the biblically-based Jewish holidays, this is one, like Chanuka, during which I’m allowed to blog!) As well explained in the Book of Esther, it’s the holiday of turnabout, surprises, false identities, intrigue, perhaps some emotional legerdem...

The Anti-Defamation League’s Abe Foxman finds something to smile about on Purim — someone who finally demolishes a Jewish stereotype: “With his spectacular loss of billions of dollars,â€� he said, “Madoff has accomplished what billions of ADL press releases and full-page ads have som...

Consider the other side of the aggrieved vandalism promoter Shepard Fairey, of HOPE poster fame: Gawker: “Obey” Trademark Law: Some guy in Pittsburgh sells little baby Steeler mascots with the phrase “Obey Steeler Baby.” Shepard Fairey demands that he stop infringing on his t...

Robert Frost?  Well, no, it’s Yehuda, he of the rhyming versions of Lanham Act and such. He’s rolled out the UK Copyright Law, in verse, and hey, you could do verse. What better way to enjoy intellectual property on this, the eve of Purim, the holiday that celebrates LIKELIHOOD OF CONFU...

Bob Ambrogi reports on some cease-and-desist follies involving GET OUT OF JAIL FREE and Mr. Monopoly, which of course are the intellectual property of the Monopoly people over at Hasbro.  As could be expected with a friend’s blog, I put in my two cents in his comments; here I flesh ‘em ...

Harold Meyerson: Take it from a democratic socialist: Laissez-faire American capitalism is about to be supplanted not by socialism but by a more regulated, viable capitalism. And the reason isn’t that the woods are full of secret socialists who are only now outing themselves. Judging by the fa...

Why is the never-ending campaign of President Obama elevating Rush Limbaugh’s profile? Top Democrats believe they have struck political gold by depicting Rush Limbaugh as the new face of the Republican Party, a full-scale effort first hatched by some of the most familiar names in politics and ...

Can you imagine a blog stealing someone else’s blog posts? How about a law blog stealing another lawyer’s blog posts? Don’t dream it – read it.  Courtesy of the inimitable Mr. Thorne....

Cardozo Law School here in New York sends along this request for papers: The Intellectual Property Program at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law will host the 9th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference on August 6th and 7th, 2009. Requests to present a work or attend the conference shou...