Owners of Dewey Decimal System Sues Library Hotel Over Trademark
AP reports that the owner of the Dewey Decimal Classification System has sued the Library Hotel (a hotel overlooking New York’s Public Library) over its use of the Dewey Decimal System to number its hotel rooms (for example Room 700.003 has books on the performing arts), arguing that the use of the system falsely suggests
Recommendation for Spam Filter Software
I downloaded SpamNet today, from www.cloudmark.com, and so far it’s batting 1.000 in stopping spam.
IAB Calls On Verisign To Suspend SiteFinder
The Internet Architecture Board’s Commentary on “Architectural Concerns on the Use of DNS Wildcards” raises several points regarding implications of Verisign’s deployment of the SiteFinder services.
1. SiteFinder affects many applications other than the Web, including Email.
2. SiteFinder disables various spam filters.
3.. SiteFinder disables foreign language error screens, replacing them with
ICANN Asks Verisign To Suspend SiteFinder Pending Review
From the ICANN website:
Advisory Concerning VeriSign’s Deployment of DNS Wildcard Service
On 15 September 2003, VeriSign deployed a “wildcard” service into the .com and .net Top Level Domain zones. VeriSign’s wildcard creates a registry-synthesized address record in response to lookups of domains that are not otherwise present in the zone (including restricted names, unregistered
LV Bondage Masks?
Apparently there was a lawsuit, quickly settled, involving the use of the LOUIS VUITTON mark on bondage masks and genital cuffs. Coverage here and here (NY Times reg. req.).
Now when someone Google’s ‘genital cuffs,’ this site will rank highly. Great.
A review of Spinal Tap’s Smell The Glove album here.
BTW, someone’s actually
It's Friday, Quitting Time
Via Andrew Sullivan, this has nothing whatsoever with trademark law or anything else for that matter.
But Can SiteFinder Find the Jelly Kelly?
The Verisign SiteFinder “typosquat” rhubarb continues.
Update: I had to change the name of this piece as Bret Fausett, who joins me in slack-jawed amazement at this whole thing, beat me to the joke with his take here.
Kim Davies, of CENTR (the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries), has posted a
In A World Where Websites Copy Film Trailers
Third Circuit rules that Defendant’s use of Disney’s clip previews on its website were not fair use. Interesting ‘copyright misuse’ discussion of the following clause in Disney’s license agreement for its trailers:
The Website in which the Trailers are used may not be derogatory to or critical of the entertainment industry or of [Disney] or
SAMSUNG Prevails in India
SAMSUNG prevails against Man Singh before High Court in Delhi, regarding defendant’s sale of SAMSUNG mixers and grinders. Via Sify.com.