A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

A podcast about geek culture..by lawyers. Can I patent a time machine? Who owns the copyright to the Klingon language? Can I sell my original story set in the Star Wars universe? We are here to discuss the many weird and interesting ways that geek culture collides with the law. @LGGpod

  1. 3D AGO

    S08E03 - The 1980s and Self-Regulating Industries

    Dive into how and why we ended up with the MPA rating system, how it shaped generations of content, and how markets, culture, and foreign films forced Hollywood to adapt, all resulting in a brief golden age of child-centric adventure films in the first half of the 1`980s.

    1h 5m

  2. JAN 20

    S0802 - Star Wars Holiday Special (After the Holidays)

    Since we used our usual year-end Star Wars holiday special time slots for Stranger Things last year, we're doing it now! Check out our thoughts on Andor season 2, Mando season 3, and the Tales of Jedi/Empire/Underworld anthologies. SPOILER ALERT. Note: We had some microphone quality issues, you might get some overload here. We're trying to clean it up.

    1h 5m
  3. S08E01 - Public Domain Day 2026

    JAN 13

    S08E01 - Public Domain Day 2026

    S08E01 - Public Domain Day 2026 by A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

    42 min

  4. JAN 7

    S07E18 - Stranger Things - A One Hour Epilogue

    Ben and Kirk spend an hour complaining about the hour long epilogue to the series finale of Stranger Things. But it's not all bad! Find out what we liked, and what we didn't.

    58 min

  5. 12/31/2025

    S07E17 - All Stranger Things Must Come to an End

    On the eve of the series finale of Stranger Things, Ben and Kirk talk about what made this series work, what's still working in season 5, and what isn't.

    57 min

  6. 11/20/2025

    S07E16 - The NintendoPokemon Patents - Part 3 (Ex Parte Reexamination)

    The Director of the USPTO has instituted a re-examination of the Nintendo Pokemon patents. But what does that mean?

    47 min

  7. 10/16/2025

    S07E15 - Stranger Things

    Ben and Kirk dig into what made Stranger Things a cultural phenomenon and consider whether the 1980s might be the perfect decade for this kind of storytelling.

    56 min

  8. 09/26/2025

    S07E14 - Nintendo's Pokemon Patents - Part 2

    By popular demand, Kirk and Ben revisit the "Pokemon Patent" and talk about the challenges in finding relevant prior art.

    1h 2m
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A podcast about geek culture..by lawyers. Can I patent a time machine? Who owns the copyright to the Klingon language? Can I sell my original story set in the Star Wars universe? We are here to discuss the many weird and interesting ways that geek culture collides with the law. @LGGpod

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