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Getting ready for the holidays, I thought I’d search around for some light reading. I was pleasanty surprised to learn that copyright champion, Professor Paul Goldstein at Stanford, has released a fiction novel: Errors and Omissions.
Going to Dennis Crouch’s website, I find that Goldstein’s colleague, Professor Mark Lemley has written a review of Errors and Omissions.
What is this?! A 100 word book review that tells us almost nothing?! A legal thriller about copyright law? And not even about trial, but about rights clearance in order to get errors and omissions insurance? Not likely. But my colleague Paul Goldstein's new novel, "Errors and Omissions," grabs your attention from the first page and never lets it go. He manages to work murder, chases, love, McCarthyism, the Hollywood blacklist, and a trip to Europe into the otherwise mundane life of a down-on-his-luck copyright lawyer. Along the way, he keeps us entertained with a quick and enjoyable read.
I am reliably informed that Paul's next novel will be a thriller about patent law, featuring a Markman hearing. Talk about raising the bar . . Years ago, when I began my career as a legal assistant inside a corporate legal department, I was asked to print out some IP law reviews for policy folks to look over. One of those articles was by Lemley. I thought to myself: “hmm, looks interesting." Thereafter I’ve read almost all the writings by this enormously talented scholar. Lemley has definitely shaped my understanding of technology policy.
But of all the lengthy law reviews from Lemley I've charged through, why does he only write a 100 word review of Goldstein’s book?!
Strangely, looking at Lemley’s comments on Errors and Omissions, I find myself intrigued due to Lemley's vagueness. I'm more inclined to get the book. It appears mysterious and alluring now that I'm aware of it, yet know little about it.
If this is a ploy by the Stanford professors to sell Errors and Omissions, then fine. However, I’m not reading any more of Lemley’s 100 page law reviews now that I know his talent with brevity…
posted by Noel Le @ 3:05 PM | Academia
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