Lawyer Trademarks "Cyberlaw"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 18, 2008 @09:31PM from the race-to-the-trademark-office dept.

BigTimOBrien writes to mention the EFF is reporting that self-proclaimed cyberlawyer, Eric Menhart, has decided to trademark use of the term "cyberlaw" and is threatening other lawyers with legal action over the term. "I wish I could say I was surprised by this one, but such overreaching invocations of IP rights are all too common -- even where, as in this case, there are no actual "rights" to speak of. But an IP lawyer should know that courts (and trademark examiners, and many tech companies that might be potential clients) don't look kindly on efforts to abuse trademark law to control everyday language. Here's hoping Menhart figures that out fast."

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I support his efforts entirely by mccalli · 2008-01-18 21:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Anything to get rid of that horrible "cyber" prefix on ordinary stuff. Please make it all go away. Please.

Cheers,
Ian
1. Re:I support his efforts entirely by RyuuzakiTetsuya · 2008-01-18 21:44 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Sounds like a case of cyberfatigue.
  
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  Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
2. Re:I support his efforts entirely by dbIII · 2008-01-19 00:13 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  They're giving us far too much cyberlip.
Not Guilty by mtmihai · 2008-01-18 22:20 · Score: 3, Funny

I don't understand why is everybody focusing on this lawyer.
The real culprit here is the idiot who approved the claim.