alex roberts

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law professor teaching & writing about trademark, false advertising, IP, & entertainment law at northeastern

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how are there ~27 pending applications to register hawk tuah as a trademark

just gave my dad a pedicure, is that middle child energy or only daughter energy (I am both)

I know intellectually that the jams are there to weigh down the feeder and not because orioles eat little packets of jam, but a small part of me is enjoying the idea

I threw some pots! including my first three mugs

help my husband keeps talking to me about triathlon bikes & I’m pretending so hard to be interested like “cool! wow! really?!”

can comparative advertising be false or misleading? obviously “same ingredients as __” can be false if untrue but what about “a dupe for __” if it doesn’t have the same features? or “can’t afford __? try ___! your friends won’t be able to tell the difference”?

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Who’s responsible when MLM sellers make false claims? Alexandra Roberts, professor of law and media at Northeastern University, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss her article “Multilevel Lies.” 1/2

Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.221 – Alexandra Roberts on MLM Lies |youtu.be Alexandra Roberts (https://law.northeastern.edu/faculty/roberts/), professor of law and media at Northeastern University, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast (https://andrewkjennings.com/podcast) to discuss her article Multilevel Lies (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4686468). This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings (https://andrewkjennings.com/), associate professor of law at Emory University, and was edited by Brynn Radak (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brynn-radak-0b793a222), a law student at Emory University. Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/21308358?utm_source=youtube

maybe elster's whole gambit was to generate a supreme court opinion that simply repeats, again & again for 57 full pages, that trump is TOO SMALL

me: after the kids’ dance recital & brunch, anything special you want to do for father’s day? him: idk me: is there something that would make you happy? him: uhhh let me make some calls …. him: ok we are getting a personal tour of the USS constitution 🚢

honored & excited to head up NUSL CLIC! law.northeastern.edu/roberts-name...

Roberts Named Faculty Director of Center for Law, Information and Creativity - School of Law -law.northeastern.edu Professor Alexandra Roberts, a leading authority on intellectual property and social media, has been named faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC), whi...

I played my ten year old “she don’t use jelly” by the flaming lips last night (the vaseline song) & next thing I knew she was lying in bed making up her own additional verses 😆

me: [reviewing names of body parts with my 6 year old in the shower] 6 y/o: …and your car says vulva also!

lifetime print @rollingstone.bsky.social subscribers were recently informed that from now on, they'll only get pdfs i chatted w/ slate about why RS breached its contract with those subscribers & whether the current owners are actually bound by the terms of the subs slate.com/business/202...

The Myth of a Lifetime Subscriptionslate.com "Rolling Stone knows when I’m going to die."

what happens when a bunch of superheroes enter the public domain? it's not so black & white. fun piece quoting me & @brianlfrye.bsky.social: www.ign.com/articles/sup...

In 10 Years, Superman Will Be in the Public Domain. That May Not Mean What You Think It Does - IGNwww.ign.com DC Comics characters like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman will start falling into the public domain in the next decade or so, but what will that mean for their presence in movies, TV, games, and mo...

15 years married 🥰

idk but if you're serious about trademark rights maybe don't call your race, a half-marathon in brooklyn, "the brooklyn half-marathon," & expect to keep others from calling their race that is a half-marathon in brooklyn "the brooklyn half-marathon" www.brooklynpaper.com/nyrr-nycruns...

A tale of two Brooklyn Half Marathons: New York Road Runners sues NYCRuns for ‘misleading consumers’ • Brooklyn Paperwww.brooklynpaper.com On Sunday, April 28, over 21,000 runners filled the streets during the Brooklyn Half Marathon, a 13.1 mile race through some of the borough’s most iconic

adidas claims this apparel, which has more than three stripes, "gives the appearance of having three stripes" www.thefashionlaw.com/adidas-wages...

her job is just pool

my colleague david simon & i spoke with NU global news about the scarjo/openAI situation & potential causes of action news.northeastern.edu/2024/05/23/s...

Can Scarlett Johansson sue OpenAI over its voice assistant? Northeastern intellectual property law experts weigh innews.northeastern.edu Intellectual property law experts detail the situation and explain what legal action Johansson could take.

i had a blast chatting with nbc newsabout influencer cierra misst's assorted claims about her dispute with pepsi over sierra mist the soda www.tiktok.com/@nbcnews/vid...

TikTok - Make Your Daywww.tiktok.com

is this why I have a very high tolerance for horseradish and wasabi & nearly zero for spicy peppers?

One of my favorite weird facts is that you feel horseradish and mustard in the nose but chiles on the tongue because isothiocyanates are light little molecules that float up, whereas capsaicin is big and heavy and stays mouthbound.

and now: your trademark & advertising law hypo of the day! 👀 🍿

no one: my kindergartener who i thought was asleep: ladybugs don’t just eat aphids they also eat ants that hurt flowers so they are helpful to flowers and to the earth. they mostly eat aphids but they CAN also eat ants. also some ladybugs are pink.

“we refuse to operate as the customer service representatives of your company,” 41 state attorneys general wrote to meta last month, citing a dramatic spike in complaints from people struggling to recover hacked accounts." www.wired.com/story/influe...

She Painted a Few Champagne Bottles. Then Came Meta’s Customer Support Hellwww.wired.com A fashion influencer’s struggles to unblock her Instagram account highlight a long-standing problem with Meta’s lackluster customer service. Users and regulators say the company must step up.

i spoke with fortune about the false advertising claims against celebs who endorsed FTX the class action plaintiffs recently released their claims against SBF in exchange for his support in their case against brady, osaka, ortiz, david, curry, et al fortune.com/crypto/2024/...

Why SBF is turning against A-list FTX boosters like Tom Brady and Larry David—and what could happen to themfortune.com Some of the celebs who took money to tout SBF’s exchange may be in hotter water than others.

fda sends a warning to a company called...skull smash? over a product called...badass bitch? and the product is...smelling salts? seriously what are you people spending your money on truthinadvertising.org/articles/sku...

Skull Smash -truthinadvertising.org

every family has its traditions for example kris jenner registered her young daughter kylie's name as a trademark & then kylie jenner registered her own young daughter stormi's name as a trademark

trademark law: 🎶 what is it good for? 🎶 (not this!)

Last week I received a letter telling me that I had violated LAPD IP with my FUCK THE LAPD design. Today my lawyer @questauthority.bsky.social responded.

next week I will be interviewed by a woman named alexandra for her podcast, which is called admixing alexandras, & for which she interviews a different alexandra every episode

the AI impersonated becomes the AI impersonator!

this might be one of the worst things ive ever read. how does anyone take drake seriously