College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 2001 The Amicus Curiae (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Repository Citation "The Amicus Curiae (Vol. 12, Issue 3)" (2001). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 356. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/356 Copyright c 2001 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers • • The mlCUS urlae VOU)MEXII,ISSUETHREE MONDAY, OcrOBER22,200 I WILLIAM & MARY CHOOL OF LAW LAW LAW PALOOZA: Inside the Amicus S!PS Speaker. ... ............. p2 Really Big Ad . ..... ... ..... .. .p9 A LOOK ON THE Summer in Spain . .......... .... p3 Another Really Big Ad. ..... .. pJO . FUNNY SIDE OF LAW Moot Court . ..................... p4 Trading Cards . .... ........ ... plJ Softball Tournament ................ .p8 SCHOOL LIFE By Adrienne Griffin law school changes our perspective on the world. A comedy skit entitled "Moot On October 6 200 I, Phi Delta Phi, the Court Uncensored" presented "the moot Student Bar Association, and the Public court you never thought you'd see," and Service Fund presented "Law Law the audience's laughter indicated that it Palooza," the fITst annual Wi lliam and Mary was a welcome relieffrom Bushrod woes. Law School Variety Show, to benefit the Edith English returned for "My Man" to Public Service Fund. Dean W. Taylor highlight the changed role of women in Reveley, III hosted· the event, which was relationships (a famil law issue) in a comi­ attended by approximately one hundred cal,yettruthful, way. "The FirnlInterview" students, family members, faculty and began as a sketch comedy about bad inter­ administration. The show took place in the views with Andrew uber, butsoon evolved Little Theater at the Campus Center and into a dance-off between Jason Everett provided students with stress-relieving and Amber Weaver. The entire cast then entertainment that offered a good-natured joined togeth'er fora musical finale, "That's ?arody of \aw school life. "Ihe ?rogram Bin and Mary." Prof. Susan Grover assists Malcolm featured periomlances by both students Students and their families in atten­ Keith, c.lass 0(2025, with the fine and faculty as well as a special appearance dance enjoyed the variety show immen ely details of res judicata during his first by Edith English, a fomler vaudevillian and were particularl impressed by fac­ Civil Procedure class. perfonner who is also the grandmother of ulty, staff. and administration participa­ Above: ShowdirE.'ctor PDP president Melissa Ann Newton. tion. In addition to the acts, the audience Metis a Nel\10n and her Act Jbegan with a musical medley by ".. · as entertained during scene changes by grandmother, Edith Melissa Ann ewton. Next, Professor short skits involving the ongoing con­ English (Edith is the cute usan Grover wa a isted by three young struction ofthe North Wing, Dean Lizbeth one on the right) children (Courtney Jone . Malcolm Keith. Jackson provoked much laughter by paro­ dyingheremail updates with increasingly and Madison Jennings) in presenting a Left: Crystal Jennings desperate announcements about the dramatic interpretation of ' 'The First Da . mu ters a smile as progress of the construction work. Al­ of Law School." Courtney. after weeks of Courtney Jones arul though two ac ts fell through at the la t practice. stunningly used the phrase res Madison Jennings keep moment. the audience thoroughl enjo 'ed judicata for Professor Grover' s Civil Pro­ her in line. cedure "class". The audience was de­ seeing law school life parodied and the hidden talents oftheir colleagues revealed. lighted to see I Ls portra ed as onfused. Below: Elizabeth Sanger "Law Law Palooza" was certainly a suc­ et eager, preschoolers. hannon Hadeed sing "We'll All Be cess in its inaugural year. then sang "Law tudentBlues." herorigi­ l'iormalAgain omeday". nal composi tion lamenting diffi ulties well a goal \'hich eems known to the audience. Lacrecia Cade and contrary to the chool's Jammie Jackson displayed their vocal tal­ Melissa ewton would like to thank every­ tage manager. ent in "Same Script, Different Cast, " a song one who worked on the ariety Show: Andrew Alexander for playing a trul illustrating what they dubbed "a law school letbargi.c construction worker and for op­ loye triangle." Edith English closed out Dean Taylor Reveley for graciously erating sound. the first half of the show with "A Good hosting the show. Lacrecia Cade for handling publicity Lav\:yer is Hard to Find," unless, she noted, • Edith English for donating her time and for the show. YOU are at William and Mary. talent. Bill Bowen, Colin Miller, Zoe hal om: . For Act II, OCPP's Brian Lewis and Rob Paul Bartsch for providing wonderful Katie Riley, Eri akano, Chad Carder, Kaplan organized "Law' chools A­ musical accompaniment. Julie Windhom. and Deborah iegel for Waggin," a humorous rendition ofa staff Liz Jackson for her uplifting construc­ ushering and selling tickets and refresh­ meeting featuring man,' members of the tion updates. ments. faculty and administration. and et to the Rob Kaplan and Brian Lewis for orga­ All the perfonners and everyone el e tune of"Wells Fargo Wagon" from The nizing the fantastic faculty skit. that donated their time talent and/or chil­ Music Man. They were followed by Eliza­ " All the faculty that sang beautifully, dren. beth Sanger. wno inspired impressive au­ including John Levy, Patty Roberts, Su­ Holly Shaver Byrant for her dedica­ dience participation in her song "I Hope ~Grover Fa eShealy,TerriLorinez.and tion. We'll all be. onnal Again Someday." an Trotter Hardy. PDP executive board, for keeping me original composition lament about how Sherry Carpenter for being an e 'cellent sane (or at least trying to). 2 ====== =========== ======================== ==Monday, October 22,2001 THE-AMICUS years, has three sons, is an eight-year volunteer leader with the Boy Scouts, and SIPS collects maps (a hobby he has in his blood from his cartographer parents). Shortly after joining Mays & Valen­ Speaker: tine, the firm established a new position specializing in trademark and copyright law and Joel became the Intellectual Prop­ "This stuff erty Office, a position he views as being on the liberal arts side of intellectual property law. He does primarily transactional, pa­ is fun." per-intensive work, with his fum being large enough for him to avoid litigation, By Gary Abbott About half his time goes to contract nego­ tiations for the use of trademarks and copyrighted material and another quarter The Student Intellectual Property So­ goes to "assorteds," things like copy­ ciety (SIPS) presented its premier speaker, righting (very formulaic and routine), po­ attorney Joel Ankney, on Thursday, Octo­ licing trademarks and sending out letters ber 11. The headline-notable quote "this to desist on trademark infringement. For stuff is fun" comes from Mr. Ankney, the remainder ofhis time he gets to work on referring to the work he does as a trademark trademark registration,. which is what he and copyright lawyer with Mays & Valen­ really enjoys doing, and which was the tine, LLP, in Virginia Beach, Va. For a full subject of most of the hour. hour, he entertained and informed the au­ Joel has a personal portfolio ofapproxi ­ dience on what it is like to work with mately 200 trademarks. In trademark regis­ trademarks and copyrights for a living. tration there are 12 points ofdifferentiat ion Joel graduated from the Marshall­ evaluated by the approving body that Wythe School of Law in 1991 , worked usually finds problems. Unlike patent briefly for an environmental law firm in work where attorneys and reviewers de­ Richmond, and has been with Mays & velop a personal working relationship, he Joel Ankney, Intellectual Property Attorney, Speaks to SIPS Valentine for several years. Besides hav­ rarely runs into the same trademark re­ ing a fun job, Joel's life outside work is viewer twice. Even so, informal problems, rejected because the reviewers found 80 with "PLA Y" on it used by a motivational equally interesting. He served on a church like slogan phrasing and signatures, can people in the U.S., out of a population of consulting firm. He noted that such trade­ mission to Reunion Island in the Indian be resolved easily. Some problems are 281 million, who actually have that name. marks are hard to fit into a standard file Ocean in his early 20's and engages in lots. tougher, though. His extreme example was Joel is still working on that one. folder. of outdoor activities like mountain biking of a trademark containing a completely The fun part? Things like having an Mr. Ankney finished up with some and kayaking. He has been married for 15 fictitious propername. The trademark was artist client whose work is now on the title two-fold career advice. Ifspecialization is page of John Grisham:s latest book, hav­ the goal, stick with large firms in big cities ing been Michael Jackson 's copyright at­ where you can be fully devoted to intellec­ torney at one time, and getting a "Special tual property law. Failing that, learning Thanks To' mention in the liner notes ofa some trademark and copyright law is use­ THE AMICUS CURIAE rock band's CD. Then, there are the 3-D ful in any size firm. You can get more work trademark objects from clients, like an from existing clients by tending to their William & Mary School of Law acrylic block embossed with the cornpilny copyright and trademark needs along with P. o. Box 8795 Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 (757) 221 -3582 logo and the trademark ten inch red ball their other legal issues. "Dedicated to th e complete and objective reporting of student news and opinion" Editor: Katie Riley Managing Editor: Sarah Kinsman.