Ignoring the Octomom

Posted on Reproductive Rights Prof Blog on July 01, 2009
Kimberly D. Krawiec (Duke University) has posted Why We Should Ignore the 'Octomom' on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Thanks to the ?Octomom? - a single, low-income, California mother of six, who recently gave birth to octuplets conceived through IVF...

Prisoner: I Impregnated Kate G. & Octomom

Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 07, 2009
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, OctoMom, Jon & Kate, ExclusivesTMZ.com: An Indiana prisoner claims his swimmers are responsible for Kate Gosselin's eight AND Octomom Nadya Suleman's latest litter ... and now he wants his supposed spawn to come live with him in lockdown...

"Octomom" Seeks Trademark

Posted on Lowering the Bar on April 16, 2009
Nadya Suleman, also known as the "Octomom" for her amazing ability to give birth to eight offspring at once (or at least in rapid succession), has applied to trademark that nickname, according to reports on April 15. If she ever...

Review of "Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage"

Posted on Reproductive Rights Prof Blog on August 20, 2009
Tuned In (Time Magazine): The Morning After: Eight Is Too Much, by James Poniewozik: This is not something a good TV critic likes to admit, but I made liberal use of the fast-forward button watching last night's special Octomom: The...

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Perhaps Now You'd Prefer That Your Bioethics "Sound Bites" Come From Academics? Or Would You Prefer Octomom.

Posted on Bioethics.Net Blog on August 19, 2009
In truly unbelievable video from CNN.com today, "Octomom" Nadya Suleman weepily admits to only thinking of "the now" and "saving those 8 embryos when the made the decision to have her octuplets and confesses to realizing that she has "screwed...

Perhaps Now You'd Prefer That Your Bioethics "Sound Bites" Come From Academics? Or Would You Prefer Octomom.

Posted on Bioethics.Net Blog on August 19, 2009
In truly unbelievable video from CNN.com today, "Octomom" Nadya Suleman weepily admits to only thinking of "the now" and "saving those 8 embryos when the made the decision to have her octuplets and confesses to realizing that she has "screwed...

Octomom snoopers

Posted on HIPAA Blog on March 31, 2009
Kaiser fires Octomom snoopers: Good.

Octomom Above the Law? For Now

Posted on Celebrity Justice on March 30, 2009
It seems society can?t let go of the Nadia Suleman?s story and its desire to see the ?Octomom? punished. With every move Suleman makes, including her latest ?firing? of the free in-home child care services provided by a national charity, a question persists: Can she be charged with child abuse or neglect and stripped of [...

Octomom Snooping Case

Posted on HIPAA Blog on May 15, 2009
Octomom Snooping Case: Kaiser hospital fined $250,000 for failing to prevent employees from snooping. Frankly, that seems unfair; the hospital acted pretty quickly to punish the snoopers. . . .

Octomom Trademark Dispute: Texas Trademark Attorney Tamera Bennett Interviewed

Posted on Current Trends in Copyright, Trademark & Entertainment Law on April 17, 2009
Posted April 17, 2009 Texas trademark attorney Tamera Bennett was interviewed yesterday by LAW360, an online legal newswire, to voice her opinions regarding the potential trademark dispute over trademark applications for the term “Octomom.” Stage Set For Tussle Over ‘Octomom’ Trademark By Jesse Greenspan Law360, New York (April 16, 2009) – A dispute could be brewing between a [...

Peggy Noonan: Is ?Octomom? America?s Future?

Posted on Constitutionally Correct on February 13, 2009
Peggy Noonan has this gloomy commentary in the Wall Street Journal. She writes: . . . It’s Sully and Suleman, the pilot and “Octomom,” the two great stories that are twinned with the era. Sully, the airline captain who saved 155 lives by landing that plane just right?level wings, nose up, tail down, plant that baby, [...

The Octomom - I bet she hasn't done proper estate planning

Posted on North Carolina Estate Planning Blog on April 02, 2009
The other day I started thinking about Nadya Suleman (the Octomom), the California single mother of 14 who has been in the news so much lately.  A professional hazard, I guess, but I wondered - has she done any estate planning?  Does she have a Will?  If so, has she named a guardian or guardians for her 14 children (who would want that job!)?  Does she have a trust set up for the kids?  Who's the trustee? Does she have a general and durable power of attorney in case she becomes incapacitated? Does she have any (or enough) life insurance to at least partially provide for her children in the event of her death? My guess is that she doesn't have any of these things...

?Octomom? Not First To File Trademark Application

Posted on Current Trends in Copyright, Trademark & Entertainment Law on April 15, 2009
Posted by Tamera H. Bennett April 15, 2009 The Smoking Gun website reports today that Nadya Suleman the woman who gave birth in January to eight babies filed two intent to use trademark applications for OCTOMOM on April 10, 2009. Ms. Suleman filed for the following goods services: (click on links to see USPTO docs) IC 016...

Report: Octomom is no stranger to the police

Posted on Crime Scene KC on March 04, 2009

Dueling OCTOMOM Trademark Applications Filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Posted on Las Vegas Trademark Attorney on April 16, 2009
Like most people (at least I would like to think most people), I find the whole OCTOMOM story ridiculous. She has single handedly ruined the name Nadia for me ? a great name which I was going to give to my future daughter until now. I even go out of my way to avoid reading or watching any tabloid stories on Nadya Suleman just so that I won?t play a part in the media frenzy feeding into her octo-ego...

Octomom??

Posted on Daily Dose of IP on April 22, 2009
On April 10, 2009, Nadya Suleman, widely known as "Octomom" based on giving birth to octuplets earlier this year, filed two separate trademark applications for the mark OCTOMOM. The first application (U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 77/711,827, first link below) was filed in international class 041 in connection with the services of "entertainment in the nature of on-going television programs in the field of varity (sp)...

California Snoopin' results in

Posted on HIPAA Blog on July 16, 2009
California Snoopin' results in $187,500 fine. I think this is the Octomom case. Hat tip: Clark Stanton

BDF legislation addresses ?Octomom? abuses: Georgia Senate Committee to address exploitations of ART Industry

Posted on Constitutionally Correct on March 03, 2009

Octomom is the subject of death threats

Posted on Crime Scene KC on February 13, 2009
You guys probably haven't heard about this story, but apparently, a single mom recently had eight babies -- at once! -- in California. With her previous spawn, she now has 14 kids -- and zero jobs or husbands. Which means...

Friday IP Round-Up: Baby Bomb Edition

Posted on Patent Baristas on June 05, 2009
Patenting Genes WAMU Radio Station (88.5 FM) hosted a segment with Rebecca Roberts on patenting  gene-related products. The biotechnology industry says these patents are necessary to spur innovation. Opponents say they actually stifle science. We examine the intersection of cutting-edge genetic research and intellectual property...