Register.com has announced that it obtained an injunction against the “Domain Registry of America” regarding its “slamming” tactics to induce domain name transfers.
2002
Will MECCA COLA Hit The Spot?
The NY Times reports on the success of MECCA COLA, a cola drink targeted at Muslims who wish to boycott Coca-Cola. You can look at MECCA COLA’s trade dress here. Sainsbury came out with a red can for its Classic Cola years ago and had to remove the white stripe (Google Sainsbury Cola Trade
ZILDJIAN
Armand Zildjian, chairman of the Avedis Zildjain company, died recently. If you have seen a drum set, then chances are you have seen the flowing ZILDJIAN mark on cymbals or drumsticks. The Avedis Zildjian company was founded in Constantinople in 1623 and moved to Massachusetts in 1929. Zildjian is the oldest family business in the U.S.
Judging a Book by The Brand on its Cover
An article from BrandChannel on branding in the publishing industry addressing, in part, the concept of author as brand.
Overused Termz in the Hood
Front page Wall Street Journal article today on over-use of a final Z replacing a S in brandz like BRATZ.
.BIZ Lottery Class Action Notice of Settlement
If you filed multiple applications for a .BIZ domain name prior to September 25, 2001, you may be eligible for partial refunds of your application fees, according to this notice of settlement of the class action on the Neulvel site. The deadline for acting is February 28, 2003.
I Would Like LINDOWS-brand windows Software Please
Good article in the NY Times (free online subscription version here) on the trademark dispute between Microsoft and Lindows, in which Lindows, in response to MS’ allegation that LINDOWS infringes WINDOWS, apparently is seeking to get a holding that WINDOWS does not function as a legally protectable trademark. Note the ‘legally protectable’ bit. It…
Use of AOL E-mail Address Enjoined
On the whole, I have not seen too many trademark decisions involving AOL user names. My guess is that if someone was using [famous trademark]@aol.com, a letter to AOL might do the trick. In any event, there has been a Northern District of Texas case in which the owner of the trademark EMC MORTGAGE received a…
Internet or internet?
The NY Times today reports on Professor Jospeh Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication at the U of Penn., whose upcoming book on the Internet (MIT Press) will conspicuously not use an Initial Cap when discussing the internet, uh, Internet. His argument is that the Internet has become a part of the ‘everyday universe’…
And Regards to Your Friends Postmaster and Undeliverable
I just received spam beginning:
Dear Info. We wish you a Merry Christmas.