They're not my clients, honest

Some Brooklyn prisoners are asserting intellectual property rights in a clever new scheme; several cons have copyrighted their own names and filed multimillion-dollar liens against prosecutors, defense lawyers and judges for unlicensed uses of their names on documents including court pleadings. [via Bill Kisliuk, Daily Legal Newswire] One copyright expert said there is no legal basis for the claims the inmates are making, and it's extremely likely they will all eventually be dismissed. [Inmates lien on judges in copyright con]