Kottke.org claims that french fries were developed in Belgium, apparently a controversial assertion according to this history of french fries.
Our Prices Are Insane and Protectable!! part 4
FareChase uses software to “scrape” pricing information from American Airlines’ website. AA has now enjoined FareChase in Texas state court on a trespass theory. Denise (attorney for FareChase), has all the relevant papers, including a copy of the Temporary Injunction. Quote from another FareChase attorney:
. . . the court has, by this order,
I WIll Not Post The Fake Puma Ad
Somebody created two ads showing a woman performing a sex act on a man. Both are wearing PUMA sportswear, the PUMA stripe prominently displayed. The ads were forwarded to Adland with the comment that these ads ran in a Maxim-like publication in Brazil, a claim plausible only if you consider the high-fashion quality of the
Bright Lights, Big Citi
Citigroup v. City Holding, 9 Civ 10115 (RWS) (SDNY Feb 7, 2003) (available at Courtweb). Citigroup fails to cancel CITY INSURANCE registration and apparently tolerates use of CITY-variant marks by City Holding of West Virginia (see photo left). Double edged sword: Citigroup had previously had to argue that it could co-exist with a CITY-variant mark in the
Proposed Balancing Amendment to DMCA
Via Copyfight, the text of the proposed “Benefit Authors Without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations” (“Balance”) Act. ISTTRNOTB (I’m serious, that’s the real name of the Bill). Key provisions include Section 3, which expands and clarifies a consumer’s fair use rights to make home archival copies, Section 4 which clarifies the
The Name Says It All
Sunday night it was called Infringement is in the Eye of the Beholder
Via BipLog, here is infringement art.
SOUR Is A Descriptive Term for Grapes
If you happen to invent something like a new grape, and have to name it, choose a term that describes it. If you would rather pick a catchy name that suggests an attribute, then you ought to do a name search. Here is the February 20 press release from Cornell announcing its creation of the
Brand As Navigator – CitySearch Institutes Local Paid Search
Today’s NY Times features an article about USA Interactive’s CitySearch network instituting paid keyword searching at the local level. The question of competition with global search engine arises. The article gives the example that someone can put in “laser surgery” on the Atlanta site. But right now I can “Google” “Atlanta laser surgery” and get
So Who Does Own The Domain Name System?
I don’t have the sitzfleisch to weigh in on the question as to whether “Governments own a part of the domain name system as a matter of international law,” but ICANNWATCH, which believes this theory is “unprecedented and unsupported,” does. This is part of a larger article predicting that Paul Twomey, an Australian politician, will