Phil Summa

Patent and IP Attorney. Wife Mary, 5 kids. Enjoy following sports, reading, and spending time in Western NC mountains. I own a few fountain pens.

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

This is perceptive and has been for a long time. All law students ought to understand this early in their education.

[Econlib @Econlib]

How many laws should we have?

"Think about all the laws and regulations you want. Then think about whether you want the government to be willing to kill people if those who disobey escalate their disobedience."
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[Phil Summa @phsumm]

@patentlyo I don’t get masking outdoors I really don’t.

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

Hmm. Sight-sound-meaning trademark problem? Dilution? “Hawaii Five O” has been famous for what, 60 years?

[Heineken US @Heineken_US]

Dropping Friday! The Hawaii Dry-O pack designed exclusively by Hilo native Aaron Kai.

❤️ this tweet to get your hands on this collection dropping Friday at 2pm EST. A few packs even include a trip for two to Hawaii. #HawaiiDryO NoPurNec21+ VoidWhereProhib

[Hugh Hewitt @hughhewitt]

Beginning this AM's show w/ @VP's assertion that 1/6 goes on the calendar with December 7 and 9/11. Without question she has the worst writers --and grasp of history-- of anyone in elected life. You can spout such nonsense on cable and podcast, but if you are the VP, it sticks.

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

@BMStudebaker It’s a donor appeal to their base. Nobody thinks that January 6 was Pearl Harbor any more than they thought the 2020 summer riots were September 11.

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

A Democrat New York mayor making sense confuses me, but I think I like what he said.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

I was a cook. I was a dishwasher. If nobody came to my restaurant when I was in college, I wouldn’t have been able to survive. When you talk about closing down our city, you're talking about putting low-wage workers out of a job. I’m not letting that happen.

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

Bidding for AFTRA membership, perhaps?

[Eric Matheny 🎙️ @ericmmatheny]

Has anyone adequately explained why he uses a stage and not the real Oval Office?

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

Speaking as a fan, hearing “who transferred from” (etc.) on almost every play is becoming tiresome. #RoseBowl

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

@Oliver_A_Lewis You’re only a day behind….

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

I’ve purchased old checks (I’m an intellectual property lawyer) when they have interesting older versions of famous trademarks on them.

[John Turner @ProfJohnTurner]

New Year purchase - some Irish bank cheques/drafts - @UlsterBank, Northern, Belfast Banking Co, and Ball & Co.

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

It’s interesting that the 5 and 6 teams; i.e., just out of the CFB; are playing the best game so far. #FiestaBowl

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

Is it me, or are New Years 6 TV commercials for “Dr. Oz for Senate” a little bit disconcerting?

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

@hughhewitt @ChadTheElder @CFBPlayoff I’m waiting for the explanation of why 1 versus 12 will produce a better game than 2 versus 3. #CFBPlayoff

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

The thought to consider is that, “With only four teams we continue to get lousy semi finals. If we had 12 teams, the games would get a lot better.“ Any basis for that?

[Jason Gay @jasongay]

to make up for these terrible games, i, rece davis, will now eat 90 oranges in 3 minutes

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

@jasongay …gets worse…

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

Is it me? (photo from today’s WSJ) Or does it seem a bit much to mask up against COVID while working in a room full of potential THC?

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

Note that the cancellation was based on “protocols.” No word on infections or symptoms, just “protocols.” #ncstate #holidaybowl #ucla https://t.co/ZNSGmqxep9

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

@lee_trepanier @mungowitz Ah yes, the rascally Presbyterians (still at it). See D.G. Hart (Calvinism: A History. Yale, 2013) for his thoughts on why, even without significant overarching structures, Calvinism remains influential 500 years on.

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

@RevKevDeYoung My favorite sermon quote was his comment on the loaves and fishes: “Two fish sandwiches and an extra piece of bread.“ He spoke at CCC when we were like, 32 people in a classroom.

[Phil Summa @phsumm]

@TTABlog Logically, it is hard to define something (or can be difficult and confusing) by stating what it isn’t. So “zero meat” could also include, ��lots of Phillips head screws in there,” or “made entirely of benzene.” The food context might help,