When someone asks me about my hobbies, I usually start with the basics: drawing, reading, very amateur comedy…and it takes quite a bit of digging before someone I don’t know too well finds out I also follow developments in intellectual property law (mostly in the US.) It hardly qualifies as persecuted “nerd culture,” but disappointingly few people want to hear about the differences between copyrights, trademarks, and patents and why they shouldn’t be used interchangeably in conversation. (On the other hand, #cockygate has been more […]