Fandom: Oh, Hugo, Where Have HuGone Vol. 2: Trademark Edition

[escritoireazul]

Y'all, I have seen actual legal arguments about trademark violations from actual attorneys (though not IP attorneys) that weren't written and cited as well as synecdochic's post, goddamn.

they really should have known the one thing we know is how to bring receipts aka Trademark Law Lies and the Dudes Who Perpetuate Them.

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[havocthecat]

Do you know how many fucking lawyers I've seen make hugeass mistakes? HUGE. ASS. MISTAKES!

People who get paid shittons of money to not make typos also make them. I'M JUST SAYING. A fucking typo is no big deal. That's why we have proofreaders and oh yeah also we blow shit off that's not a big deal.

[kore]

He didn't even point out the typo at first as a real reason! It was so infuriating.

[escritoireazul]

Right? I was pretty neutral toward the site and found it useful sometimes, but he's burned any potential future goodwill. I'm going to recommend people avoid the site from now on.

[kore]

Yeah, I didn't even lurk -- I checked it occasionally mostly when people linked to it during scifi discussions -- but I read through a whole lot (not all!) of the comments there and I just think everyone, HIM INCLUDED, needs to apologize for getting out of hand and take a break.

[escritoireazul]

No lie, I once flipped Licensor and Licensee in a sentence. That was fucking embarrassing.

[havocthecat]

Oh, I've done that, back in my commercial leasing days! Now that I'm in my corporate paralegal days, I make completely different utterly embarrassing mistakes.

[escritoireazul]

So glad I'm not the only one with that mistake!

[kore]

I like the one about the truck drivers? who got paid extra because the lack of an Oxford comma in the contract made it seem like they were doing work that wasn't part of their agreed on job duties.

[escritoireazul]

Oxford commas in legal contract writing is a huge debate among lawyers, too, despite situations like this. I am always pro Oxford commas for clarity purposes, so it carried over into my legal writing. If you're not going to use them, though, make sure you don't use them consistently, contract drafters!

[escritoireazul]

Oh, man, this made me think about that lawyer who posted the essay on AO3 about trademark law and then said he wouldn't answer some of the questions unless he was paid. My dude, if clients are paying you for the quality of legal analysis you did here, they are being screwed and should complain to your state bar.

[kore]

OMFG, I was tempted to ask if he was scrounging for work, but I restrained myself. Because nothing says Actual Legal Expert With a Dick like posting an unsolicited rant, pretending it's case law or something, and refusing to answer questions about it because "it depends" (people were giving you hypotheticals) and "not without getting paid"! I would have been embarrassed for him if he hadn't been so hell bent on stirring the wankpot.

[escritoireazul]

HA YES THAT. I couldn't even be embarrassed for him, either, especially because I know so many straight white male lawyers like him. God, this field. THIS FIELD.