InsideFacebook.com: “Will Facebook Give Away Vanity URLs in a Landrush?“:
Under such a system, users would be able to get URLs like facebook.com/mark for their own personal profiles. (However, some of the most common first names are already taken.)
Administering such a landrush would be a significant challenge. Presumably, Facebook wouldn’t let users
From the complaint: Each of plaintiff’s CLEAN products and marketing materials bear inherently distinctive designs and/or such design have acquired distinctivenss wherein the word “CLEAN” appears large and starkly on the labeling with larger than appropriate spacing between each letter of CLEAN. (para. 11). Defendants are selling a line of fragrance and skin care products
Mattel v Barbie-Club.com, denying in rem jurisdiction in ACPA case where plaintiff argued that mere deposit of a ‘registration certificate’ gives rise to in rem jurisdiction.
Also – BNA Tech Law round-up of some of the Judge’s ‘cyber’ cases.
IPKat takes a first look at the EBay / L’Oreal decision in the UK. The Court will hear argument on the formuation of questions to the ECJ.
Cartier files compaint over ‘fake watch’ iPhone app, withdraws suit later that day after Apple takes down app.
Compaint Cartier Apple
NY Times: “Payoff Over a Web Singing Sensation Is Elusive“:
FremantleMedia Enterprises, a production company that owns the international digital rights to the talent show, hastily uploaded video clips to YouTube in the wake of Ms. Boyle’s debut, but the clips do not appear to be generating any advertising revenue for the company.
WaPo: © 2009? Wishful Thinking, Perhaps, as Backlog Mounts:
The problem has tripled the processing time for a copyright from six to 18 months, and delays are expected to get worse in coming months. The library’s inspector general has warned that the backlog threatens the integrity of the U.S. copyright system.
The irony is
Here is a post from December 30, 2006 entitled Emily the Rip-Off.:
Emily the Strange is fictional character whose introverted and disdainful personality has made her something of a countercultural icon (and a great way to sell marketable products to the trendy). Her franchise has churned out a lot of merchandise (clothes, toys, books,
Details here. And if you can’t make it then but want to meet up in Seattle – email me at marty at symbol schwimmerlegal dot com.