Dickstein Shapiro has published a guide to IP law for inhouse counsel. It’s 149 pages long – handy – if you don’t intend to read it you can print it and use it to beat infringers or opposing counsel into submission. Via Stephen Nipper. Update: see also this online resource and book from Jeffrey Gordon.

Rumours are flying, and Cringely has some ideas about what’s going on. Strange, yes; demented, well, you said it, I didn’t; but also oddly compelling. Update: Than again, perhaps not so much.

Mike has a great post on things meshy that mentions a new blog idea – “Letters from Bob”, a blog by his father, a retired corporate lawyer, of his consumer advocacy letters to businesses. I’ll be the first to join the movement to conscript Mike’s Dad to get it started.

I’ve been tagged by Sutha, who was tagged by Leila, on three things I’d (most) like to see in my lifetime. (1) Organized religion supporting contraception to help the fight against AIDS in Africa. (2) a cure for cancer – I have one in particular in mind, but I’ll settle for all of them. (3) […]

This is cool – Michael Tippett of NowPublic is on a Business Week Online podcast, in which he discusses NowPublic’s approach to citizen-controlled media. “Based in Vancouver, NowPublic enables collaboration between traditional reporters and the public.” And yes, Michael will be at mesh.