2015

Defendant’s unauthorized work that made “fair use” of its source material (it was a parody of the movie POINT BREAK). 2d Cir holding:  if the creator of an unauthorized work stays within the bounds of fair use and adds sufficient originality, she may claim protection under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 103, for her original

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WTR Managing The Trademark Asset Lifecycle 2015

I over-work the cliché: “that which goes without saying, often goes without doing.” When we give advice to our clients, it goes without saying that each recommendation should be preceded by: “if it makes economic sense to do so.” So often we forget to consider whether we should, for example, be paying $2 to

I wrote this on the day Al Fross died, September 11, 2012.  I re-post it every year.  Every year someone who had known Al sees the piece, and writes me to share a memory or two.

I thought I was going to write about 9/11 today but that has turned out not to be

engine 3 ladder 12

When we lived in Chelsea, our local firehouse was Engine Co. 3, Ladder Co. 12. They would send firemen to visit our kids’ preschool. When we took the kids by in the stroller, the firemen would let the kids climb on the firetrucks.

On 9/11, Engine Co. 3, Ladder Co. 12 lost five men.

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