I became aware of a dispute regarding metsonline.net through Dave via Ernie. Apparently, Major League Baseball has apparently sent a demand letter to a guy who is running a Mets fan site. Ernie asked me for my two cents.
Just to qualify myself as an expert, I should point out that I grew up…
If owners of the world’s 10 most valuable brands approached trademark lawyers today to clear those marks, doctrinaire lawyers might advise them to avoid over half of them.
Interbrand and Businessweek have come out with their annual discussion of the world’s most valuable brands. One canon of trademark law is that there is a…
CoreBrand is a branding consultancy. This is its list of the best-known corporate brands. Coca-Cola was number one. I was not able to correctly guess the runner-up.
The text of the bill authorizing spoofing and other activities designed to prevent the distribution of unauthorized works on a peer to peer network is available on the Politech site here. Interesting – the copyright owner has to notify the Department of Justice 7 days in advance of taking action.
Further to my July 11 blurb on spoofing, the practice of intentionally uploading defective files onto peer to peer networks, with the purpose of discouraging use of those networks, this siliconvalley.internet.com article reports that a bill was ‘sent’ to Congress today legalizing that and other practices.
SKELETOR, evil lord of destruction, battles He-Man to be a Master of the Universe. Mattel likely coined the name twenty years ago. It’s a fair inference that when a third party registered skeletor.com, he was aware of Mattel’s rights in the name. This UDRP decision for registrant shows however, that complainant’s lawyer has to do…
Law.com’s list of IP counsel for Fortune 250 companies. I’m outraged that two clients of mine on the list didn’t mention me.
Law.com article fretting about the Internet alowing for extra-territorial jurisdiction. The fact pattern leading off the story (Italian authorities sat down at the defendant’s Italian computer to shut off the U.S.-hosted website) doesn’t give me nightmares. Dave Farber’s fact pattern doesn’t either (if you are on notice that you have violated Australian law, skip the…
Apparently Worldcom’s claim that Internet traffic doubles every 100 days was untrue (this from the Economist).