One lawyer used a rival’s lawyer name as a keyword for a ‘sponsored link’. Dispute ensued. Via NY Lawyer.
2004
ECJ: CHUFAFIT v. CHUFA
European Court of Justice: CHUFAFIT for nuts not similar to CHUFA for foods. Via just-food.com.
Outfoxed – Controversy of the Week
Website promoting documentary ‘OutFoxed’ on Fox News here.
NY Times article alleging that ‘Outfoxed’ was made in secret, in fear of Fox attempting to stop distribution with copyright suit, here.
Editor & Publisher article on Fox News v. NY Times article and documentary here.
Washington Post on brouhaha here.
Copyfight with many…
Tony Twist v. Spawn Continued – Tony Twist Ahead For Now
TONY TWIST lawsuit vs. Todd McFarlane continues – now hockey player and ‘enforcer’ Tony Twist has been awarded $15m in damages against artist McFarlane for using ‘Tony Twist’ as the name of a mobster in a comic book. Earlier aspects of this case had gone up to the Supreme Court which did not rule (background…
Singapore Amends Trademark Law To Add Dilution Action
Ravindran Asscoiates of Singapore emails us to advise that the Singaporean Trademark Act has been amended, effective July 1, to include dilution actions, and to give greater protection to well-known but unregistered marks. The new law itself does not appear online, but is available from the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.
ICANN-accredited Registrar 'Frozen' – More to Follow?
Dodora, an ICANN-accredited registrar, has had its ‘operations’ frozen, and its names migrated by the bankrutpcy receiver to Directi, according to this Directi announcement.
This ICANN Watch piece indicates that Dodora was associated in some way with spamming. This Domain Name Journal page indicates that Dodora has ‘long been a source of consumer complaints.’…
Verisign To Update Whois More Rapidly
Verisign will update the whose records for .com and .net more rapidly, from the present twice a day rate to ‘near real tine,’beginning Sept.8.
Who Is The Real Fish and Neave?
Dennis Kennedy arguing that law firms must have identities because someone stole that of Fish and Neave.
A Nation Decides
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IPKat on ECJ
European Court of Justice round-up via Ipkat.