The Foreskins?

Did you know that, of all things, Topix has it's own patent attorney?

Yep. His nom de Topix is Sublime1 but rather than handle copyright issues for the company, he does pro bono work as the unpaid intern.... of the Troll Mod as a professional victim and the Lifestyles And Entertainment editor of various threads on Topix. In short, he trolls to be trolled for the sake of trolling.

In reality, this guy actually is a patent attorney. It must be as booooorrrrrring as it sounds because he spends an inordinate amount of time on Topix telling people about the wonderfulness of his being. He seems to be on Topix as he awaits his boss coming in and maybe asking him to check if other companies making safe, boxy cars might infringe on their own making of safe, boxy cars. Stuff like that. I understand it pays well enough but, it's kind of a dead end, boring job as far as lawyering goes. Not all lawyers can try murderers (or defend them) and tons of them eek out a living handling mundane divorces, wills and the like.  I know a lot of poor lawyers. You have to remember that, like doctors, fifty percent of them graduated at the bottom of their class.

In the news this week, the US Patent Office decided that the NFL's Washington Redskins franchise could no longer hold a parent on the "Redskins" part of their name. They ruled that "redskins" is a slur and you can't patent a slur. So, forget about it, New Jersey Niggas- that's not going to happen.

In layferrerman's terms, I understand this to mean that the Washington Redskins can continue to be known as the Redskins but anybody who wants to can profit off of that as well. This would include t-shirts, pennants- souvenirs for some lucky fans. Folks are free to take a bite out of their marketing pie without fear of legal ramifications. That's all it means. If they want a patentable name (like the Chicago Bears) they could change their name to "The Washington Foreskins" since the owner seems to be a dickhead himself and the politicians of the nation's capital would be better represented by that than they were by a slur against Native Americans.

Seems fair to me. The reichwingers are pitching a fit , blaming it on Obama and big gubmint but this was a Patent Office decision on one case, not a revocation of all capitalist rights. What irks me though is that I- a Ferrerman-  have to explain this to you all because a certain patent attorney is too busy bullying a senior citizen, cancer survivor on Topix rather than offering his legal expertise. Not one word about the ruling. What are we not paying this clown for?

There's nobody who holds the patent on assholiness. It may seem like they do but, life long ago ruled that that was to be spread around the masses. That's not a legal opinion. It's just the way it is.

This blog is in recess until the next time. Until then, the penal code will be strictly enforced.