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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 6193098" data-attributes="member: 463">I'm saying that you should talk about what you understand, and not talk about what you don't understand. eg if you have studied and understand the OGL then sure, give informal advice on it. Likewise if you don't understand something then don't attempt to advise on it. And if you're not sure, then make that clear in your comments, don't attempt to seem more authoritative than you actually are.eg sometimes I say "Well I'm a British IP lawyer, not an American IP lawyer..." to make clear I'm not an expert on the intricacies of the Lanham Act, say. And sometimes some geezer who's not a lawyer and really knows nothing at all about IP law will say that my views should therefore be dismissed, because he's American and I'm not. Well, the geezer might have a better native intuition than me re the aggressive nature of the US courtroom and the litigious nature of US corporations, but his absence of actual knowledge of the law will still let him down when it comes to discussing how a court will actually decide a case. Bluster only gets you so far, even in the US court system.</blockquote>