Miami police contemplate obtaining trademark protection for its badge design.  Via Sun Sentinel.

Professor William Patry, author of, among other things, Copyight Law and Practice, has started a blog named THE PATRY COPYRIGHT BLOG.  As Prof. Patry is also a parter at Thelen Reid and Priest, this may be the first practitioner-authored pure copyright blog.

I’ve had the honor of sharing a panel with Prof. Patry and…

Doonesbury on digital rights management, via Slate.

If the Simon Barsinister Weather bill becomes law, would we need Sunshine Laws to get the weather?

Florida 2d District Court of Appeal case on the copyrightability of public records, via Rulemaking Blog.

Pfizer objects to Virgin’s use of a little blue pill to brag that it’s bigger than its rivals in the bedroom department.  Via Adland.

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Volokh on the legal treatment of the ‘I was only joking’ defense in relation to threats against the President and bomb threats on airlines.