November 16, 2006
Progress
So I stumbled across this today. It's the complaint from uTube v. YouTube, currently being litigated in the federal courts, N.D. Ohio. Six months ago I would have thought the document looked a little imposing, and wouldn't really have understood large sections of it. Now I really feel like I have a grasp of what's going on. We just talked about 28 U.S.C. § 1331 in Civil Procedure this morning, and it's clear from 28 U.S.C. § 1338 that this could only have been filed in federal court, as it's a trademark issue. You can see the lawyers for uTube hitting all the right bases, pleading all the relevant facts, and stating a cognizable claim with cognizable relief.
This is, as far as I can tell, a pretty well-written complaint.
Cool.
Maybe sometime over Christmas, once finals are over, I'll do a run-down of law the same way I did a run-down of medicine a while back.
