Comments on: Intellectual Property Controversies http://proforozco.com/2009/01/26/intellectual-property-controversies/ Observations from the intersection of law, business and culture Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:03:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: proforozco http://proforozco.com/2009/01/26/intellectual-property-controversies/#comment-3 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:16:03 +0000 http://proforozco.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-3 Hi M.,

Thanks for your post. I agree, Michigan Tech should make this event a yearly lecture series. I already have lots of great topics to add for a future trademark discussion, at Tech or anywhere else if people want to organize something. One topic I want to discuss more at length are the bounds of trademark and free speech. When can a brand owner limit someone’s conversations about a brand, even if it is offensive to the brand owner? The example that popped up often during this last lecture was the case involving an artist running a barbie doll through a grinder, and getting sued by Mattell. Eventually the artist won the laswuit., with help from the ACLU:

For more info. on this story, visit:

http://www.aclu-sc.org/releases/view/100068

Thanks again!

Prof. Orozco

]]> By: M. Gellhorn http://proforozco.com/2009/01/26/intellectual-property-controversies/#comment-2 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:46:30 +0000 http://proforozco.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-2 Hi, Prof. Orozco,
I attended the Intellectual Property Controversies series, and found each speaker to be thought-provoking and entertaining! Congratulations to you and your colleagues for bringing a lively discussion of this important topic to Michigan Tech. I hope the university makes this series an annual event.

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