October 2011

Fred Wilson, pictured above, is a NY VC at Union Square Ventures. He was a ground-floor investor in Twitter and Zynga.  You all should be reading his blog AVC.COM. When I heard that Fred was heading to DC to discuss the E-Parasites bill, I asked him if I could re-post anything he wrote

Basis, owner of incontestable registration for BBX for software development tools, sues RIM, maker of the Blackberry, which has announced a BBX operating system.

Photo from here.

 Complaint Rim Bbx(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

The ICM Registry, owner of the soon-to-be-launched .XXX top level domain, is operating a ‘Sunrise’ period that will end this Friday, OCTOBER 28.

WHAT IS A SUNRISE PERIOD FOR A DOMAIN NAME LAUNCH?

To mitigate cyber-squatting, a domain name registry opens the store doors early to trademark owners who can apply and reserve domain

Plaintiff owns incontestable rights in THE BIGGEST LOSER.   Defendant fitness club allegedly used the term in promoting its services.

 Complaint Biggest Loser(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

 

Sound horn, because they can’t tell you’re there otherwise.

The market at Charimar.  Those are three wheeled cabs.

There is a high demand for housing, satisfied in part by hostels seeking P.G.s or paying gents.

There is a modern part of Hyderabad, known as Hitec City.  This is taken from the Westin Hotel, looking at,