7 Things I have learnt about PR and the Law
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Copyright. Defamation. Contracts. Patents. Restrictive Trade Practices. Litigation. Cyberlaw.
It has been almost a month of blogging, a month of reading, a month of trying to discover the PR practioner in me, a month of learning all along… A full circle. Time for me to consolidate my ‘bloggings’ on PR and the Law.
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1. PR and Law was too broad a topic to explore in a blog. It was a challenge to keep each blog short, readable and as comprehensive as possible. I feel that I did not do enough justice to 3 posts in particular: Litigation PR, and the posts on online copyright and defamation.
2. There are no easy answers to any of the issues addressed in my various posts on copyright, patents, defamation, restrictive trade practices, and litigation. Every post only kindled a debate and the desire to read more and (re) search more…
3. PR campaigns have been at the forefront in battles fought over Intellectual Property Rights on both sides. A case of PR vs. PR !
4. While I did come across books on Litigation PR (only 2), I did not find a single book that looked at PR and the Law as a whole. I found this to be quite a frustrating experience. Did I not look hard enough?
5. There are hundreds of e-resources available on the topics that I have covered in the blog, too many to even mention here. To use a cliched expression, the Internet is a veritable mine of information on this topic. Reader’s discretion is advised!
6. About 60% of the all the information that I came across in my (re) search into this topic, was on Litigation PR. This in itself shows how popular this branch of PR is and how much scope it has.
7. Love it or hate it, PR is here to stay. No matter how many reams are written about the not so palatable parts of PR, it is a fact that PR cannot be done away with. Call it by any name — networking, marketing, advertising — it is still PR!
Endnote: I think I may have found a topic for my dissertation. 
Tags: Copyright, Defamation, Intellectual Property Rights, Law, Litigation, Patents, Public Relations, Restrictive Trade Practices
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