I posted about the Racebrook auction of ‘retired trademarks’ previously. The auction has now taken place and the NY Times reports on the auction winners. SHEARSON went for $45,000, MEISTER BRAU went for $32,500, VICTROLA was a steal at $1000. The gross total of winning bids was $132,000, for about two dozen of the
COICA Without The Bother
There is a pending bill entitled the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, known as COICA (not to be confused with Cloaca, which is the sex organ of the platypus). The bill would allow the Attorney General to bring an in rem action against any domain name found ‘dedicated to infringing activities.’
I