That’s because many of them are the same company. This Newsweek article and this Ben Edelman piece reveal a great deal about the workings of what might possibly be the largest adware/spyware/pop-up company, Direct Revenue, which apparently owns, controls or is related to somehow, the following names:
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Via Kottke, via Jottings, a list of the 100 oldest .com domain names. All these years I had read that BBN.COM (Bolt Beranek and Newman, now part of Verizon) was the oldest, registered April 24, 1985. Well, it turns out it’s number two. The oldest is SYMBOLICS.COM, registered March 15, 1985.
An excerpt from a book about Walt Disney’s fight against the Air Pirates, via Reason Online. The title above refers to one of Disney’s requests for settlement.
VIA TTABlog, RED BULL v. RED RAVE for energy drinks.
From SCOTUS Blog: No. 03-409, KP Permanent Make-Up v. Lasting Impressions. Justice Souter delivered the opinion – vacated and remanded. Here’s the Ninth Circuit decision. More to follow.
OK, here’s the decision.
Here are transcripts of oral arguments before the Supreme Court.
Holding: A party asserting a fair use defense does not have
Here’s the CITY OF HEROES software:
City of Heroes is a “massive multi-player role playing game” that allows the user to create a superhero, using attributes in the software (mutant, fighting style, etc.). It’s unclear just how much the users’ heroes can deviate from the templates supplied by COH. The guy in the front with
And while we’re talking about official sponsorships (see below), I am reminded of a lawsuit brought by MasterCard against Sprint during the 1994 World Cup. MasterCard was the official card-based payment sponsor while Sprint was the official long distance partner (and it cost more to be a sponsor than a partner). Sprint distributed calling cards with
NY Times article (reg. req.) on NYC preparation for the 2012 Olympics, including creation of a special Brand Protection Board who would oversee ‘brand enforcement agents.’ The article notes that:
. . . the mayor has authorized an Enforcement Board on Olympic Brand Protection to “recruit and train auxiliary Olympic brand enforcement agents,” run a
The compelled commercial speech issue again reaches the Supreme Court. Beef producers are forced to pay for trade association advertising that encourages the public to view beef as a generic category, which goes against their attempts to brand beef. Audio discussion of case here, via SCOTUS Blog. Previous Supreme Court case involving fruit
TTABlog on recent Board decision regarding marks consisting of generic terms, in this case THE BEEF JERKY OUTLET.