alexandra j. roberts
@lexlanham
professor of law & media at @nusl & @nu_camd teaching & writing on IP, trademarks, ads, entertainment law, dupes, MLMs; faculty director @nuslclic (she/her)
"it’s a legal question filtered through a moral lens, & the jury is made up of any social media user who happens across a video or post about a dupe." i got to speak with mia sato about my research on dupes for her excellent longform piece in @theverge theverge.com/cs/features/70…
lawyers who track your time, what app do you like? asking for a non-lawyer friend who is not used to doing & tracking billable work
gym bro entrepreneur: we’re calling our product…proten! lawyer: protein? GBE: no no it’s spelled differently. we took out the i lawyer: do not do this GBE: &put a line over the e lawyer: no GBE: it’s cute trust me lawyer: I am begging you GBE: it’s a hard e lawyer: pls guys
read this article in @bostonglobe about the "we do not care club" for menopausal & perimenopausal women with no F's to give, started by a 45 y/o influencer in florida then i hopped over to @uspto and lo & behold... the trademark application bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/lif…
hey those are my children you’re talking about
Cleaning ur car will make u realize ppl in the backseat have no respect for u
I published three articles this past academic year! that means it’s OFFPRINT TIME. hmu if you want to be on my distro list, true nerds only (all articles are also accessible for free online so this is only for “iced coffee & a bound law review article & chill” types)
lizard hunter comes up empty? lizard hunter you literally have one job
boston friends, “as you like it” on the common is so much fun & I highly recommend! last night was opening night so you have plenty of time. commshakes.org
I love this purple thing so much??
ICYMI: The Erie Moon Mammoths Take the Field uni-watch.com/2025/07/22/the…
my @nu_camd colleagues are so much cooler than I am 🎼🎧 news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/21/fac…
happy failed rebrandiversary
Twitter rebranded as X two years ago today
if you needed a laugh this morning--swimsuit co. advertises "tan-through" swimwear & the end of tan lines. @truthinad says it's not actually tan-through. reviewers say...help i'm naked? truthinadvertising.org/articles/true-…
update: i now have 23k words & something vaguely resembling a thesis, i guess (thesis: this thing i just spent a lot of pages describing is bad; we should not let it happen on purpose or by mistake)
oops, i did it* again *wrote 22,000 words without articulating a thesis
linguists 🤝 lawyers is a burrito a sandwich? WELL PULL UP A CHAIR
Is a burrito a sandwich? Is ravioli? What about an ice cream sandwich...? So wait, does any word mean anything anymore? Have we just broken language?? It's okay, linguistics has a solution! In this episode we solve the problem with definitions! soundcloud.com/lingthusiasm/1…