Technology & Marketing Law Blog: “Messing with Oscar — Academy Sues Oscarwatch.com.”
May 2007
By The Way, With Regard To Meta Tags:
The source of my statement below that search engines don’t rely on meta tags:
Search Engine Watch: “Death Of A Meta Tag.”
If any one has more current info, send it on in.
Important EDNY Decision on Keywords and Metatags
This is a pretty interesting analysis. Defendant placed plaintiff’s trademark in metatags, and also purchased search ads keyed to that trademark. Neither the ads not defendant’s webpage used the ads.
Held: If the trademark was on the webpage that was visible to potential customers, that might have been use in commerce. If the defendant actively…
“N’Sync In Plagiarism Controversy”
TeenMusic.com: “‘N Sync in Plagiarism Controversy”
You Heard It Here, Uh, Early
Remember the Shape Blog? This is what I was talking about: Three-dimensional printers for $2000. You’re protecting your designs, right? When 3D printers are found in every college, there’ll be a Napster for jewelry. When they’re $500, the parts industry will be turned upside down. And at some point people will be able to…
“101 Brand Names, 1 Manufacuturer”
WSJ: “101 Brand Names, 1 Manufacturer” (The pet food recall, highlights the fact that a single manfuacturer may be responsbile for many competitive brands).
Copyright in Kickball Rules
Overlawyered: “The Microsoft of Kickball?”
Premier League v. YouTube
Text of complaint (via WSJ Online) in The Football Association Premier League v. YouTube (works in question include soccer games).
WSJ law blog coverage here.
09 F9: Meet The New Host
Dave Winer has an interesting take on the Digg/09 F9 brouhaha that is perceptive not only because he agrees with me about the ‘who can own a number‘ red herring but also because he notes the marketing and legal bind a pure user-generated content site is in when it comes to enforcing the…
A Post-Mortem Right Cannot Be Created After Death
Sounds funny to say it that way but it makes sense, especially after you read this decision holding that the purported owners of the Marilyn Monroe persona, cannot enforce their rights in New York, because a post-mortem right of publicity did not exist at the time of Marilyn Monroe’s death, and the testator can…