Firm Insights

How’s My Post? Dial 1-800-EYE-ROLL: Life in a Fuct Trademark Universe

By Michael A. Kahn / May 4, 2022 / Comments Off on How’s My Post? Dial 1-800-EYE-ROLL: Life in a Fuct Trademark Universe

It started as an ordinary traffic stop—waiting for the light to turn green, thoughts drifting aimlessly, idling behind a Honda Civic, but then I noticed the bumper sticker on that car:   HOW’S MY DRIVING? DIAL 1-800-EAT-SHIT Did I laugh? No. Did I smile? No. Was I outraged? No. Was I offended? No. Did I…

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Great Scott! St. Louis EV Charger Mandates Raise Questions for Landowners & Developers

By Sarah J. Luem / March 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Great Scott! St. Louis EV Charger Mandates Raise Questions for Landowners & Developers

In the classic movie Back to the Future, Doc Brown feeds garbage into the DeLorean’s “Mr. Fusion,” an on-board fusion reactor capable of converting leftovers and food waste into clean, green, energy for that quintessential time traveling machine. Doc Brown later predicts that by 1985, plutonium will be available in every corner drugstore to refuel…

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A Copyright Riddle: When Is Copying Not an Infringement?

By Michael A. Kahn / February 8, 2022 / Comments Off on A Copyright Riddle: When Is Copying Not an Infringement?

Many view my fellow copyright lawyers as the Glamor Guys and Gals of the legal profession—at least compared to, say, business lawyers, who the public misperceives as wretched scriveners hunched over their desks grinding out “whereas” clauses for lengthy contracts filled with hereinafters, heretofores, and other incomprehensible legalese. And yes, I will concede that over…

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