The charming story of the football player who has sought protection for HE HATE ME, via The Sports Law Blog.

American Blind has sued Google over its keyword sale of terms in which American Blind claims rights, such as AMERICAN BLIND and AMERICAN WALLPAPER..  The suit was filed in district court in Manhattan.  Via News.com.

Google has previously filed a declaratory judgment against American Blind in California, background here.  Speaking extremely broadly, there…

Via news.com, the Playboy v. Netscape suit has settled.  Background here.

Via NY Lawyer, an article regarding a paralegal’s attempts to challenge a NY State statute banning language that is obscene or intends to ridicule.  The paralegal successfully fought to name a not-for-profit advocacy group QUEER AWARENESS.

U.S. trademark law has a provision that bars marks that disparage.  Marks currently registered include QUEER AS FOLK…

Via Copyfight,  word of a  bill that has passed the House Judiciary Committee, intended to give protection to databases.

This NY Post article, reporting the sale of the New Jersey Nets to a rich Brooklyn person Bruce Rattner, who intends to move the team to Brooklyn, mentions that the New Jersey Sports Authority will ask the NBA to allow it to keep the name NEW JERSEY NETS (lucky for them that Nassau County…

Microsoft blinks in Mike Rowe Soft matter, via CNet News.com.

New York Mets v. the UK Met(rological) Office,via Reuters.

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