professor of law & media at @nusl & @nu_camd teaching & writing on IP, trademarks, ads, entertainment law, personal brand; faculty director @nuslclic (she/her)
8 y/o: what do you talk about when you do speeches?
me: speeches?
8: yeah like at work or when you’re on tv
me: oh usually trademark law or advertising law
8: no, isn’t it called copyright?
MY OWN FLESH & BLOOD 😭
…8: you know, like when there’s a toy that says NEEDOH but it isn’t a real needoh, it’s fake
me: that’s trademark! NEEDOH is a trademark
8: no, copyright
Interviewer: I’m sorry, we won’t be offering you the position
Me: {full seafood boil on the table} was it the seafood boil?
Interviewer: It was the seafood boil
just got praised for my "superpower" of being "always on time" (cue ja rule 🎵)
but it's not actually a superpower it's that if you tell me to speak for 12 minutes i am practicing my talk multiple times before the event with a stopwatch to ensure i hit my mark
husband: can you name some planets
kid: mars. saturn. uranus. juno...?
me: no
kid: juniper?
me: no
kid: wait, wait...moon...moonpitter?
me: ah yes, the planet moonpitter
kid: WAIT I REMEMBER IT'S JUPITER!
i am at the life stage where someone who knew me as a kid just said to me in all sincerity "i thought i saw you outside a few minutes ago but then i realized it was your daughter!" 😳
teaching is full of hard choices, like i wore chevrons today for star athletica but i also brought my banana costume for teaching silvertop v. kangaroo
northeastern law is excited to share that we're hiring a health law scholar--please apply or reach out if you're interested! i'm on the hiring committee & happy to answer questions. @nusl is a GREAT community & amazing place to teach.
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remember when baylor sued BU for trademark infringement over BU's use of an interlocking "BU" logo?
they're reportedly finalizing the terms of their settlement. what do you think it says?
kkam.com/ixp/514/p/baylor-bo…