Received: from mail-ia0-f181.google.com ([209.85.210.181]:37872) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TgHmR-0003Hu-HJ for lojban@lojban.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:25:12 -0800 Received: by mail-ia0-f181.google.com with SMTP id s32so3203357iak.40 for ; Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:24:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=uSBNGXI05og9m7QjW8xwTBqfD/Vl+SEj/FIeKWGLTww=; b=02cfMT1pRV2L4mwvouzAQPD1es/V5P7Ii4VGeAAzI6JBchOCGSdIG6s5Fu9kLdQIb9 2y0TogFnYcCKgnCu4diTi/EQtgp9i0lEONOEHiL1JjNF9ZtOsofCGbKzYvzjHVOs3KR6 x3RZKVyHmppLcqXZuCAqn8nZbSrTNoBlUmc1DfgG++ednjLXqz05P9aLCDr3uyAcwoz3 0LQb3CGi3Iq243zm/WzIL5F5QgJKW3hy+xVgvI44sH6igmxIsxzwTVy8SvyDGBs+3GIe KY1H8nCEbRsNDLkjMT8z2/8QXq1xo/SWm4Zg1h/X/Fw89aSTD61AcokqYzktCo+VMs0t cH5A== Received: by 10.50.5.239 with SMTP id v15mr2627663igv.41.1354724697326; Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:24:57 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: michael.b.adelman@gmail.com Received: by 10.43.133.69 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Dec 2012 08:24:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Michael Adelman Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 11:24:36 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7g1NejmYtPncOq_04Z6UQYmGG-4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Question Regarding Loglan-Lojban dispute To: lojban@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f502cd65a465e04d01d6c81 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: 0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / --e89a8f502cd65a465e04d01d6c81 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Good morning Mr. LeChevalier, I understand you are probably quite busy, and I understand if you do not have time to respond to my request. Nevertheless, I would like to follow up and reassert my interest in speaking with you regarding the work of the Logical Language Group. Please contact me by email or phone if you can spare a bit of your time. Michael Adelman *Harvard Law School, JD Class of 2013 (expected)* *Email: madelman@jd13.law.harvard.edu* *Phone: (203) 414-9450* On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Michael Adelman < madelman@jd13.law.harvard.edu> wrote: > Good evening Mr. LeChevalier, > > My name is Michael Adelman, and I am currently a third-year student at > Harvard Law School. I am currently working on a paper that focuses on > whether constructed languages should be subject to any form of intellectual > property regime. > > The *Loglan Institute, Inc. v. Logical Language Group, Inc.* decision is > (as best as I can tell) the only instance of an American court addressing > whether there is some type of intellectual property ownership right in a > constructed language. Therefore, it is with great interest that I have been > researching the context and substance of this legal dispute. > > In addition to the Federal Circuit decision itself, I have read your > account of the dispute entitled "The Loglan-Lojban Dispute" > on the lojban.org website, as well as your biographyon the site which provides some extra detail. > > I would be interested to hear your thoughts on what, if any, intellectual > property protections might be appropriate for constructed languages. > Additionally, I would be very intrigued to learn what kind of copyright > claims Dr. James Cooke Brown threatened to assert, and why the legal > proceedings took the form of a trademark dispute instead. > > I am writing this research paper in order to receive credit for my Advanced > Intellectual Property Lawcourse, although you should know I am also considering submitting the paper > for publication in a law journal after this semester. > > I would greatly appreciate your assistance and expertise as I attempt to > puzzle out these legal principles. I would be happy to correspond through > email, or speak by phone or Internet-client (e.g. Skype). My contact > information is included below. > > Best, > > Michael Adelman > *Harvard Law School, JD Class of 2013 (expected)* > *Email: madelman@jd13.law.harvard.edu* > *Phone: (203) 414-9450* > --e89a8f502cd65a465e04d01d6c81 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good morning Mr. LeChevalier,

I understand you are probably quite busy, = and I understand if you do not have time to respond to my request. Neverthe= less, I would like to follow up and reassert my interest in speaking with y= ou regarding the work of the Logical Language Group. Please contact me by e= mail or phone if you can spare a bit of your time.

Michael Adelman
Harvard Law School, JD Class of 2013 (expected) Email:=A0madelman@jd13.law.harv= ard.edu

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Michae= l Adelman <madelman@jd13.law.harvard.edu> wrote:=
Good evening Mr. LeChevalier,

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My name is Michael Adelman, and I am currently a third-year student at= Harvard Law School. I am currently working on a paper that focuses on whet= her constructed languages should be subject to any form of intellectual pro= perty regime.

The Loglan Institute, Inc. v. Logical Language Group= , Inc. decision is (as best as I can tell) the only instance of an Amer= ican court addressing whether there is some type of intellectual property o= wnership right in a constructed language. Therefore, it is with great inter= est that I have been researching the context and substance of this legal di= spute.

In addition to the Federal Circuit decision itself, I h= ave read your account of the dispute entitled "The Loglan-Lojb= an Dispute" on the lojban.org website, as well as your biography = on the site which provides some extra detail.

I would be interested to hear your thoughts on what, if= any, intellectual property protections might be appropriate for constructe= d languages. Additionally, I would be very intrigued to learn what kind of = copyright claims Dr. James Cooke Brown threatened to assert, and why the le= gal proceedings took the form of a trademark dispute instead.

I am writing this research paper in order to receive cr= edit for my Advanced Intellectual Property = Law course, although you should know I am also considering submitting t= he paper for publication in a law journal after this semester.

I would greatly appreciate your assistance and expertis= e as I attempt to puzzle out these legal principles. I would be happy to co= rrespond through email, or speak by phone or Internet-client (e.g. Skype). = My contact information is included below.

Best,

Michael Adelman
Harvard Law School, JD Class of 2013 (expected)

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