Susan M. Kornfield, J.D.
skornfield@bodmanllp.com
The Harry Potter trial has generated some very interesting articles and opinion pieces.  So far, the best perspective is from Joe Nocera of the New York Times, with his article “A Tight Grip Can Choke Creativity.”  I loved his description of how the lawyer for Ms. Rowling gave him permission to “quote” […]

Susan M. Kornfield, J.D.
skornfield@bodmanllp.com
A short lesson in “don’t believe everything you read.”
Here’s the scenario:  An investment advisor makes $5.1 Million in 2007.  In his employment agreement with Bear Stearns, he agrees not to work for a competitor for at least 90 days after his last day of employment with Bear Stearns, and agrees to give […]

 
Susan M. Kornfield, J.D.
skornfield@bodmanllp.com
The lawsuit by the author of Harry Potter against Michigan publisher RDR Books (run by a former editor of the Michigan Daily) began today in New York.  Ms. Rowling claims that it is perfectly fine for a Harry Potter fan site to provide information about her novels, its characters, spells, themes, and other HP minutiae, but that her copyright […]

Susan M. Kornfield, J.D.
skornfield@bodmanllp.com
CNET reports another Silicon Valley lawsuit involving allegations of deceit, theft of ideas, breaches of duty of loyalty by former officers of the company, and the “copying of design ideas.”  The CEO and COO left Tesla to form a competing company. 
In a couple of years, and hundreds of thousands of dollars later […]