Red Sonya LLC threatens legal action over blue sonya parody comic
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"Look, I really don't want to do my job, please don't make me".
So what are the odds this lawyer is diverse? My first guess with that level of not pulling their weight is it's a brave front hole owner.
Lawyers are a profession where half of what makes a good one is them doing the most minimal amount of work possible. Because its a sign they aren't going trying to milk the hours and money out of you, which is where most people get completely fucked in court costs.
That has to be balanced by them still doing a proper job of course, but with copyright cases being able to say "we don't need the details, this is so obvious a random person could realistically confuse them" is in fact enough to win in a lot of cases.
Eh, I figure "A list of examples that is not to be considered exhaustive includes: The characters having identical names prefaced by their striking hair colour. The bikini shaped chainmail outfit. The characters being sword fighters in a fantasy setting." Is like 50 characters more and requires zero actual extra thought, shouldn't actually require any extra billable work unless they're open about using copypasted boilerplate claims when you instruct them.
To us normal people, absolutely.
But this is the legal system. The judge might find you including extraneous examples to be annoying and turn him against you. You might add in an extra adjective somewhere that opens you up for being dismissed based on Precedent Fuck You 47:3 on the books somewhere. Giving examples gives them specific targets to counter you on.
Its usually best to keep it to the tried and true copy/paste lines to angle for an instant or swift resolution. Provide the specifics if asked later.