Wired’s interview with Prof. Lessig.  October 9 he argues Eldred before the Supremes.

Via pbs.org, a profile of BayTSP, which helps the copyright industry find illegal file-sharing and perhaps helps the FBI findAl-Qaida’s steganography.

The Wall Street Journal reports today that Nasdaq has changed its name from the initial cap Nasdaq to NASDAQ “for the sake of consistency with our logo and our brand identity.”  Brand consultant as caps lock button.  The brand identity is suffering – the term NASDAQED is being used in the media as a synonym…

Not trademark but of interest: A Canadian farmer was sued by Monsanto for using herbicide-resistant canola patented by Monsanto.  His (unsuccessful) defense was that the Monsanto seeds blew into his field.  Via Slashdot.

For those of you handling UDRP cases involving the names of stadiums, UDRPLAW.NET has compiled a list of all of them.

Here is a press release and depiction of the new certification logo by which record copanies will indicate that the CD contains anti-copying technology.

Rosie has resigned from ROSIE.  This AdAge article indicates that G+J (publisher of the soon to be named something else magazine), has lined up new names for what once was called McCALLS magazine.  Always ready to provide esoteric trademark ramifications of tawdry public spectacles, the Blog provided this preview way back on August 9.

Taftquack update:  An Ohio judge has allowed continued use of the Taftquack duck by the Hagan for Governor campaign (which duck was objected to by the AFLAC duck – see background).  This AP article quotes an AFLAC lawyer as arguing that Ohio voters will mistakenly think that AFLAC has endorsed the Hagan campaign.  In…