Iason of the Mighty Argos blog claims that Pandas are not a “fixed medium of expression.”

He objects to this sign by the Zoological Society of San Diego, and states that a Panda is not intellectual property.

Iason also disputes the validity of the presumed statement of contract on the back of his ticket by citing Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. and Kravitz v. Parking Service Co.

But wait, he doesn’t stop there.

Iason proceeds to directly challenge the Zoological Society of San Diego by selling T-Shirts with a panda photo on it that he openly declares he obtained from the zoo.

Law students the world over it seems are a litigous bunch. And why not, as long as it is not frivolous? It’s what we do best, doesn’t cost us a dime, and it’s how lawyers express social advocacy.

(Don’t like that? Well, you can always hire your own lawyers, or better yet, apply to law school too. Lawyers are always the last line of defence when erosion to the rule of law occurs.)

Roy Cohn (Al Pacino) says in Angels in America,

Lawyers are the high-priests of America.

If the Society did challenge him, the exposure a trial would give him (even if the coverage was critical) would skyrocket his Intellectual Property law career.

Good luck with your case Iason, and it’s good to remember that regardless of the outcome,

The lawyers always win