Wired: “Teen Pleads Guilty in Rare Theater Filming Case“:
“The teen arrested last month for filming 20 seconds of Transformers in a Virginia theater has pleaded guilty to one count of unlawfully recording a motion picture in violation of state law.”
Interesting Thread on MYLENNAR.COM Domain Name Case
This CircleID post on a TRO entered against Dauben dba Texas International Property Associates, the registrant of the name MYLENNAR.COM, obtained by Lennar, spawned interesting comments. Registrant put up what seems to be a typical HitFarm page o’links. What is not fully explored in the article or thread is why would plaintiff go for
Like I Knew That I Would
Guiding Rights Blog: “James Brown Heirs Win Right To Sue Over Singer’s Image”
Suicide Girls v God’s Girls
Prof Tushnet wins this month Pun In Blog Post Award with Trade Undress, discussing a trade dress suit between erotic photography site Suicide Girl’s and alleged competior God’s Girls. File this under “trade dress in web pages.”
Michael Vick Chew Toy: Discuss
Let’s assume someone wants to sell a Michael Vick chew toy.”
Discuss the rights of the parties.
INTA brief in Chewy Vuitton.
UPDATE: My Moses & Singer colleague, Mitch Bernstein, licensing/branding expert to the stars, writes:
“While I think a Michael Vick chew toy might be a clever exploitation of Vick’s predicament, I don’t
“A Quest To Get More Court Rulings, Online and Free”
NY Times: “A Quest to Get More Court Rulings Online, and Free”
“The domination of two legal research services over the publication of federal and state court decisions is being challenged by an Internet gadfly who has embarked on an ambitious project to make more than 10 million pages of case law available
Let Me Go On
AP: “Violent Femmes Bassist Sues Singer“:
“Bassist Brian Ritchie sued lead vocalist Gordon Gano on Wednesday, saying he was deprived of credit for some of the group’s songs and a proper accounting of its earnings.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, also accuses Gano of trashing the band’s reputation by allowing
This Week in “Match Your Wits With Great Trademark Lawyers”
This week’s quiz:
A tour guide from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State files for BEST OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA for:
“Arranging travel tours; Coordinating travel arrangements for individuals and for groups; Organisation of travel; Organization of excursions, sightseeing tours, holidays, tours and travel; Organization of travel and boat trips; Providing links to web sites
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MediaPost Publications: IAB Tackles Lead-Generation Best Practices:
“Amid continued controversy surrounding the business of lead generation, the Interactive Advertising Bureau stepped in Wednesday with a list of best practices to help standardize the transfer and receipt of data between advertisers and lead-generation service providers.
. . . .Still, marketers are questioning the legitimacy of many
“Programming Error Exposes Facebook Code”
Wired: “Amateur Programming Error Exposes Facebook Code“:
“Owing to a misconfigured server, Facebook exposed its homepage code to what the company called “a handful of users” over the weekend. The leaked code was promptly posted on a new blog, Facebook Secrets, for all of the internet to see.
One group that should be