Intellectual Property Law

biofuels and other myths of global warming -- the unintended consequences of making laws in a vacuum

Posted on February 13, 2008
the feds and the states are busy passing biofuel-related laws. (for example, these.) apparently, these guardians of the welfare of the rest of us didn't consider the environmental cost of the burgeoning biofuels industry. suddenly, we learn from two scientific...

geoengineering: climate change and really big umbrellas

Posted on December 06, 2007
let's say you go to the beach. it's really hot. the sand burns your feet. the sunlight feels like thousands of tiny needles pricking your skin. that's ok, because you have an umbrella. you stick it in the sand and...

climate models -- science, pseudo-science or computer game?

Posted on December 03, 2007
science is the acquisition of knowledge through the use of the "scientific method". that way of acquiring knowledge is rigorous and reliable, as opposed to other ways of acquiring knowledge, such as consulting an oracle, throwing bones, asking your neighbor,...

law and global warming

Posted on October 05, 2006
should congress pass laws to make illegal some or all human activity (in the united states) that increases global warming? what about laws that promote reduction of global warming? is there a valid class-action lawsuit against oil companies because their...

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google in china: doing business under censorship

Posted on February 10, 2006
"when in rome, do as the romans do." that old aphorism was ignored routinely by the "ugly american" businessperson, government bureaucrat and tourist of the fifties, and to some extent still is today. yet it is sound travel advice, and...

trade secrets in china: a cautionary tale

Posted on September 03, 2005
it's widely known that the p.r.c. is not a great place in which to deposit one's trade secrets. yet the other advantages of setting up shop there have induced foreign companies to roll the dice with their proprietary information, often...

battlestar academia: law professsors defend bootlegger

Posted on June 19, 2005
it's a good thing so few tenured law professors are adept in the courtroom. why are they not adept? i think it has to do with the rules of civil and criminal procedure. these great administrative edifices -- standards, requirements,...

state terrorism -- new york's tortured theory for taxing telecommuters

Posted on May 21, 2005
[blogger's disclaimer: the techlawyer is embroiled in a tax dispute with new york as i write this, in which the state claims to be able to tax moneys earned over a three year period pursuant to an agreement that required...

techlawyer goes back to school

Posted on April 16, 2005
week before last, i went back to elementary school. ewa elementary, to be exact. (that's "evah", for the untutored reader.) it was "techies day" in hawaii, and folks who were techies or techie camp followers volunteered to visit the public...

lie down with dogs: the copyfighters stand up for porn infringers

Posted on November 23, 2004
WARNING: YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN YEARS OR OLDER, AND NOT EASILY OFFENDED, TO READ THIS POST. IF NOT, GO HERE. one of groucho marx's most famous lines came in response to the explanation by a pregnant guest as to why...

the law and global warming

Posted on November 11, 2004
global warming has disrupted the lives of dozens of types of animals, birds and insects in the united states and will soon make the arctic nearly unrecognizable, according to two reports released this week. the reports document sweeping "you-can-see-them-with-your-own-eyes" ecological...

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