IPKat reports on Hertz Germany prevailing over Claria (the former Gator) re Claria’s distribution of pop-up ads triggered by Hertz’ website. The practice was found to be prohibited by Germay’s unfair competition statutes.

I just got my log-in details for the fancy INTA portal for the Atlanta meeting, which reminds me: should we have a Blog Party there?  Do Trademark Blog readers want to meet each other (or is reading the Blog a solitary pursuit)?  It’s tempting to just give out the Baker and McKenzie party details, as long…

ICANN Report on Whois Data Reports System.  Over 18 months, complaints on inaccurate Whois data for 16,000 domain names were received by ICANN and forwarded to the registrars (the complaint form for inaccurate whois data is here).  Registrars may cancel a domain name registration if it contains misleadingly false whois data.  It is…

In general, protectable trademark rights arise in two ways – obtaining registrations, and, in a couple of oddball countries such as the U.S., through use.  There is a third way a trademark can be protected, and it arises under Article 6bis of the Paris Convention, which provides, in part, that Treaty members have the…

Coverage on Froogle, the new shopping service from Google here.

A Froogle search of the term Google here.

Of interest to people who create and subscribe to RSS feeds: Copyfight discusses the potential copyrightability of newspaper headlines.

UPDATE: More info analysis and links from Copyfight here.

Jeff Brandt is a patent lawyer,who, among his other accomplishments, was head of patents at Walker Digital when its Priceline subsidiary obtained its famous business process patent.  Jeff has his own firm now and I’m happy to say that he helps out my clients when they have patent needs.  Jeff has started a website called…

Rountable discussion: Popup ads and the law, via Gigalaw.