Afternoon Legal Links ... The admittedly-cheesy Sci-Fi film Sharknado 2 is inexplicably capturing Americas attention -- but one lawyer says the makers of the film may be missing out on a golden opportunity to trademark the name and cash in ... Sticking with Hollywood, the latest Bachelorette -- an attorney from Atlanta -- made her choice last night. But will she continue practicing law? ... A new set of law school rankings have some raising their eyebrows, while others applaud Theres been lots media -- especially social media -- coverage about the Sci-Fi TV film Sharknado 2, that debuted this week with 4 million viewers. But as one lawyer found out, all the worldwide hype shockingly hasnt translated to trademarking the name. All this attention made me wonder what kind of trademark filings have been done on the SHARKNADO franchise and whether any trademark bottom feeders improperly have attempted to cash in on the sudden popularity of the coined SHARKNADO brand and trademark, writes legal bloger Steve Baird at DuetsBlog. As it turns out, I was a bit surprised to only find one USPTO filing for SHARKNADO -- given all the hype, focus, and attention. bit.ly/1qzqbJ6 Andi Dorfman, an assistant district attorney in Atlanta, made her choice of beau on the season finale of ABCs Bachelorette last night, and she sounds like she plans to return to practicing again once the media attention dies down -- and she gets married, of course: bit.ly/1kqKSt8 LawCrossing, an online legal job board, is bucking the trend on how others -- like U.S. News and National Jurist -- rank their law schools. Instead of ranking the schools based on the usual metrics of hiring percentage, LawCrossing bases their rankings on long-term employability: bit.ly/WLAIIV
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:42:20 +0000
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