Olsen twins sue Acclaim over video game royalties, via Celebrity Justice (Celebrity Justice?).
International Society for Twin Studies here.
Frivolous Action Barbie
Artist Thomas Forsythe photographed BARBIE dolls to make an artistic point. Mattel sued him and lost. A District Court judge has now held that the parodic character of the work should have been clear to Mattel, whom he characterized as a ‘sophisticated entity with access to good legal rerpesentation.’ Accordingly, Mattel’s copyright claim
Why Go To College?
I foolishly spent 4 years in Cambridge to get my Harvard degree (there, I was able to work it into the conversation again) when I could merely have gone to FAKE DEGREES and get what I am going to guess is an unauthorized reproduction of a Harvard (or any other college) degree.
Al Franken on
Anarchy in the UK
BBC article on trademark counterfeiting problems in the UK.
AOL Unjustly Punishes Me
Someone spams AOL users using (or purporting to use) the shared hosting service I use for my email. AOL responds by stopping ALL email from ANY user of the hosting service. I can’t send any business email to AOL addresses for two days.
Discuss my rights.
Gator (Claria) v. LL Bean
Report of oral arguments before 9th Circuit in Gator (Claria) v. LL Bean via Law.com.
Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004
Draft of Bill introduced in Senate: “Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004.”
2d Circut on Common Law Copyright
2d Circuit discussion of New York State common law and international copyright issues.
Capitol Records v. Naxos, 03-7859 (2d Cir. June 21, 2004).
Both Phish and Foul
Master Card hooks up with NameProtect to fight phishing, via Internetnews.com.
Definition of Phishing here.
Phish discography here.
'I Know Nothing'
The Indiana Supreme Court decision below is notable for its use of the phrase ‘Sgt. Schultz defense’ to refer to the practice of reducing one’s liability by avoiding involvement in an act, and then stating, like Sgt. Schultz in Hogan’s Heroes, “I know nothing.” However I can no longer think of Hogan without thinking