First Circuit discussion of certification of a class of defendants under Rule 23(b)(1)(B) in a copyright case.

Tilley v. TJX, no. 03-8001 (1st Cir  Oct 2, 2003).

Interesting aside re the SiteFinder rhubarb via ICANNWatch: Apparently there is a National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, which prohibits the use of the NASA name in association with any business.  ICANNWatch asks whether the fact that SiteFinder directs traffic resulting in typing in SHUTTLE-NASA.COM, for example, to a Versisign-controlled page, violates the Act. …

ICANN has issued an “Advisory Concerning Demand to Remove Verisign’s Wildcard.”

In pertinent part:

“As set forth in today’s letter to VeriSign, ICANN’s preliminary conclusion is that the changes to .com and .net implemented by VeriSign on 15 September have had a substantial adverse effect on the core operation of the DNS, on the…

IPKat on IP rights and the Third World.

Via news.com Verisign has been granted a contract to provide secure Internet voting services (not kidding).  Ross Rader beat me to it: 

“The great thing is that if voters type in the wrong vote, Verisign has the technology to point them in the right direction.”

Coverage on the victory by the Washington Redskins here, here, and here.

Decision here – (heavy traffic viewing the opinion – expect delays).

Crown Pontiac Nissan didn’t have anymore cars with facotry-installed sunroofs so they installed a sunroof for a customer, Thomas Ballock, and now you’re reading this.  There were problems with the installation and there was a dispute, arbitration, etc.  The customer obtained the domain name CROWNPONTIACNISSAN.COM and put up a site entitled “Why I Won’t Recommend Crown Nissan…

Via cnn.com: The estate of fashion photographer Guy Bourdin is suing Madonna for her use of images inspired by those of the photographer, in her recent music video.  A side-by-side comparison of frames from the video and those taken by the photographer are here.