mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Art major turned law professor. Teaching at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Researching & writing about #DesignPatents. Currently thinking a lot about the #ScheduleA phenomenon.
Trying to make #PatentFedi happen.
Coauthor of Patent Law: An Open-Access Casebook https://patentlawcasebook.com/
When I'm not thinking about law, I'm usually studying languages (#español, #français & #svenska), reading novels, or watching Netflix.
Bluesky bridge: @design-law.bsky.social
You are cordially invited to the Fall 2025 Chicago-Kent Law Review Symposium, "Unsealing Schedule A."
The conference will be held via Zoom on Friday, Sept. 26.
Registration is free and open to the public: https://studentorgs.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/symposium/unsealing-schedule-a/
We hope you can join us!
Fedi, I love you, but you can be exhausting.
This post was referring to a specific argument I've seen multiple times here, namely that people shouldn't like/favorite/star things because they don't raise the visibility of posts in other peoples' feeds.
I'm not interested in fighting over whether the latter is/should be called an "algorithm."
I wasn't talking about the "explore" tab.
If you haven't seen people make the argument I'm responding to: Cool, whatever. Scroll on.
The Chicago-Kent, Illinois Tech IP Program cordially invites you to: "What’s the Skinny? Drug Labels and Patent Infringement," Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 12-1 pm.
The panel is open to the public but please RSVP in advance here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=PmWQ2gIeCEK2imIkiRvqY8xhr_pJbc1Al3p_hu9NUt1URURONDdTQjdPNUQ0RU9PUENFS1VCTFlJRi4u
When you're learning Swedish as a native English speaker, "semester" is the falsest false cognate.
Check out this post by my coauthor
@three_body_problem@mastodon.social, which includes a great explanation of the "patent mills" problem as well as more examples of ridiculous design registrations: https://reeserichardson.blog/2025/02/24/patently-fraudulent/
Next Wednesday, April 2, at 5 pm: The Chicago-Kent IP Law Society will hold a panel on #ScheduleA litigation.
The event will be free & open to all.
I’m honored that these students have asked me to be a panelist & proud of them for taking on this important and timely subject. I hope you can join us!
Register (for free) here: bit.ly/CKScheduleA
Funny: I never even thought, for a moment, that it might be risky to specialize in an extremely American form of IP.
I am actually reasonably familiar with EU design law. I also, somewhat randomly, know a bit about Australian design law. And I've started doing some research on Nordic design/law.
You know, just in case that's relevant to anyone out there.
Save the date: The Chicago-Kent IP Law Society is planning to host a panel on #ScheduleA litigation at 5 pm on Wednesday, April 2. Everyone is welcome to attend.
I'm honored that these students have asked me to be a panelist & proud that they're taking on this important issue.
@SADLady@mastodon.social: If you're still around, thought you might be interested in this
