More on the arrest of Zuccarini here.  I assume that this is a courtroom artist sketch, appearing in the NY Post account of the arrest, the first arrest under the Truth in Domain Name Act.

By the way, Zuccarini’s domain names, such as botthebiulder.com, are still active at the time of this…

CNET News.com article on test case where individual is auctioning his 99 cent purchase of an iTunes song (Double Dutch Bus, by the way) on EBAY.  EBAY has indicated it will stop the auction.

WNBC is reporting that Zuccarini has been arrested.  Story here.  Background here.

OK, it’s barbarism on our part, but my wife and I make fun of the names of IKEA furniture.   And now revealed in this Transblawg article is IKEA’s method for choosing those names.

IKEA Jerker computer table, shown right, available here.

IKEA Jerker fansite here.

The Ninth Circuit found that California courts could exercise general jurisdiction over L.L. Bean, based on its continuous and systematic contacts with the state, specifically those contacts arising from its operation of a ‘virtual store’ over the Internet, national advertising and mailings into California.  While it had never registered to do business in California, L.L.

Tanzania Tanning Salons of Florida has successfully enjoined the use of TANZANIA by the country of Tanzania.  It will now seek damages.  More info here.

Thanks to Sean for pointing this out.

District Court of Massachusetts: Plaintiff Straumann fails to show secondary meaning to establish trade dress protection for dental implants.  Requisite John Welch pun: Trade Dress Claim Bites the Dust.

Straumann v. LifeCore Medical, 00-10602-RCL (D. Mass. Aug. 29, 2003).

DMCA notice letter from Kazaa to Google aslking it to ‘disable access’ to sites that allegedly infringe Kazaa’s copyrights.  These sites apparently show up in Google searches for the keyword KAZAA.