Posts Tagged: "Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda"

A little more than two years ago, I made the decision to go to law school. Many factors went into this decision but suffice it to say that my work with IPWatchdog and encouragement from both Gene and Renee Quinn played a major role in choosing this course. This spring, I was accepted into the University at Buffalo School of Law and, with the second week of classes about to begin, I find myself very busy with the job of cramming basic concepts in torts, contracts and civil procedure into my brain. Monday, August 26 was to be the first day of classes at UB Law, but the day’s courses were cancelled for a momentous occasion. That day, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the campus to give a talk at UB’s Center for the Arts and receive a State University of New York (SUNY) honorary degree. The event came a mere three days after the Supreme Court announced that Justice Ginsburg had just finished a three-week course of radiation therapy to treat a tumor. The Supreme Court Justice, however, gave very little indication that she had just undergone major medical treatment, handling both her address and a one-hour lecture with UB Law students with great aplomb. The day’s events did not include any information on intellectual property but it did offer various insights on Justice Ginsburg’s career and the upcoming Supreme Court term.