An article from wwwcoder.com discussing a patent application recently filed by Google reportedly covering part of its relevancy algorithm. The author draws the following conclusions as to how Google determines freshness, one of the components of relevancy:
The frequency of all web page changes
The actual amount of the change itself whether it is a
Email me suggestions for where to hang out in San Diego next week (dive bars, good dessert places, little known restaurants) and I’ll post the suggestions here.
This is what the Florida State Bar thought, rejecting the ad:
“the phrase “Expect more from your law firm” created “unjustified expectations about results the attorney can achieve” and “compares the services of one attorney to another without factually substantiating the comparison.”
But then they reversed. More here, from the “Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices”
If your client wanted to use SURVIVOR for sunscreen, and there was a prior rights holder for SURFVIVOR for sunscreen, what would you advise?
Uli Widmaier of the Pattishall firm has written a law review article: “Use, Liability and the Structure of Trademark Law,” 33 Hofstra Law Review 603 (2005). Based on a very cursory reading on my part, I would categorize this article as part of the (in my view justified) backlash against the excesses of the Brookfield
NY Lawyer article reporting on Oblon Spivak’s use of ad notable for referring to its competitors, Fish and Richardson, Finnegan Henderson, MoFo, Knobbe Martens and Howrey.
UK entity sold products under the RESTORIA mark. Middlemen purchase the product and advertise it on the Internet on websites that by their language, target Australia (Evidence of which being a drop-down country menu which included Australia). Australian owner of RESTORIA mark sues UK Restoria in Australia. Plaintiff has no evidence of actual sales to
Consider this ad for a law firm. What do you think?
The Third Circuit affirms the District Court of the Virgin Islands holding that SAPPHIRE BAY CONDOMINIUMS WEST is a famous trademark eligible for dilution protection.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SAPPHIRE BAY CONDOMINIUMS WEST v. GEORGE R. SIMPSON, Individually, and d/b/a NORTH AMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR CORPORATE MANAGEMENT, No. 04-3690, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 7562 (3rd Cir.
Panicware files lawsuit to stop use of POP-UP STOPPER in keywords ads. Via Yahoo press release.