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Patent reform: the house that lemmings built?

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Whenever IPBiz sees a reference to lemmings, visions of IP law profs come to mind AND of course the great Disney hoax.

Within an article about Bryce Harper:

The problem I do have with it, though, is that there are no doubt thousands of delusional parents who will see this news and think that maybe it's a viable path for their nowhere-near-as-talented sons and daughters. While the Harpers can't make their decision based on what other lemmings might do, I hope the door closes behind them.

AND

As much as people will want to say that Harper should stay in school like a normal kid, the truth is that whatever normal life he had disappeared the minute he showed up on the cover of a magazine at homes across the country.

The latter point may be true but LBE always wonders "what if" Darryl Dawkins had stayed at Maynard Evans High a bit longer (and pummeled the Boone Braves a few more times). A different outcome later? Sadly, one has to choose.

In the case of patent reform, IP law profs chose to be (delusional ?) lemmings, with less thought than Harper put in.

Of lemmings-->

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2008/03/patent-reformers-lemmings-or-lemming.html

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2008/04/patent-reform-2008-as-house-of-mirrors.html

Full post as published by IPBiz on June 15, 2009 (boomark / email).