It is not often that an IP lawyer becomes the reluctant hero. Gruber’s Book of Air and Shadows leads Jake Mishkin, a NYC copyright lawyer through a Shakespearean comedy as he attempts to recover a lost Shakespeare play, get the girl, and reconcile with his wife. . . Mishkin reminds me of Saul Bellow’s hero Eugene Henderson, the Rain King – a large, morose, trustworthy, and lovable fellow. His practice is actually copyright law, but that is probably as close as our profession will get to popular fame.
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- I picked-up the book in the Chicago Airport on Monday and am about half-way through the book. This means that I’m assuming comedy.
- Amazon.Com Link: The Book of Air and Shadows
Wasn't Calvin's (of Calvin & Hobbes) dad a patent attorney?
Posted by: Sean | May 31, 2007 at 11:45 AM
You have a typo:
Gruber’s Book of Air and Shadows leads Jake Mishkin, a NYC copyright lawyer through a Shakespearean comedy as he attempts to recover a lost [[Shakespeare]] _Earl of Oxford_ play, get the girl, and reconcile with his wife
Posted by: Zeke | May 31, 2007 at 11:55 AM
You are correct Sean! I believe that Calvin poked fun at him being merely a patent attorney (not a real attorney) on at least one occasion.
Posted by: metoo | May 31, 2007 at 01:09 PM
In fact, Bill Watterson's dad (James G. Watterson) is a patent attorney in Cleveland.
Posted by: metoo | May 31, 2007 at 01:15 PM
Hang on a minute... you said get the girl AND reconcile with his wife?
Posted by: Alun Palmer | Jun 01, 2007 at 12:08 PM