Sarah Fackrell
@design-law.bsky.social
Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent. Design patent geek. Also interested in #ScheduleA litigation. Full bio (including link to CV): https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/sarah-fackrell
Cathay Smith, Chicago-Kent College of Law, is publishing Parody of What? in the Georgia State University Law Review (forthcoming 2027) / @cathaysmith.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Parody of What?
<div> Barbie. Barney. The Elf on the shelf. Gone with the Wind. Grease. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Walt Disney. Don Henley. WWF wrestlers. Viral music vid
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D262,037 - issued in 1981 to Paramount Pictures for a design for a "calligraphic font." #DesignPatents
Blog Post: TWEET and the Bird Logo Apparently Enter the Public Domain, But X Maintains Its Grip on the TWITTER Mark (For Now)–X v. Project Bluebird blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
TWEET and the Bird Logo Apparently Enter the Public Domain, But X Maintains Its Grip on the TWITTER Mark (For Now)-X v. Project Bluebird - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This case involves Project Bluebird, a social media service previously named “twitter.new” and renamed to tweet.app immediately after this ruling (for reasons this post makes obvious). Project Bluebir...
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Volume 93.5 is now live, featuring pieces by Curtis Bradley, @curtbradley.bsky.social; Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese, @yunpovi.bsky.social; Shruti Baxi; Gabriel Juedemann; and Sami Winawer. You can find them all here: lawreview.uchicago.edu.
Today in design patents: D1147052 issued for a display screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface. The appearance of the transitional image sequentially transitions between the images shown. 🤦♀️ #DesignPatents
Happy post-long-weekend Tuesday! We have 1,454 new design patents and a return to our desks, so let's start with D1147192 issued for a mini toy desk. I'm not sure what work is going on at this desk, but it looks like it has a coffee maker so I approve. #DesignPatents
Blog Post: SAD Scheme Plaintiff Must Pay $40k to Defendant–Guangzhou Tinpod v. Schedule A Defendants #StopTheSADScheme blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
SAD Scheme Plaintiff Must Pay $40k to Defendant-Guangzhou Tinpod v. Schedule A Defendants - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
The plaintiff is Guangzhou Tinpod Electronic Technology Co. The plaintiff initially sued under the XYZ pseudonym and hasn’t updated the case caption, even though its identity is no longer sealed. I pr...
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Just a quick re-introduction: I am a law professor. I've taught classes including Civil Procedure, Property, Design Law and all the basic IP courses (Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks). Before I became a professor, I was an art major. Then a patent litigator. My research focuses on design law.
Jamelle Bouie: "most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office. His letter to the prime minister of Norway suggests that this is a mistake. It shows that he is essentially unable to serve as president"
Opinion | Trump’s Norway Letter Proves This Isn’t Sustainable
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