Via The Register, the guy who fraduulently transferred sex.com to himself, is nabbed in Mexico.
‘Copyrights, Blogs, News, Content Aggregation and RSS Feeds’
Useful post with many links entitled ‘Copyrights, Blogs, News, Content Aggregation and RSS Feeds’ by LawPundit.
Trader Joe’s Blog (That Is, A Blog About Trader Joe’s)
Trader Joe’s – good place to get fruits and vegetables – also their frozen foods are very reasonable. And there’s Two Buck Chuck.
I don’t know what to think (as a trademark lawyer) about this third party blog Tracking Trader Joe’s.
EC’s CFI Turns Up Nose At Smell Trademark
Odor trademark stinks? Application for trademark consisting in part of ‘the smell of strawberry’ rejected by Court of First Instance of the EC, on grounds that the smell can’t be graphically represented (Eden v. OHIM). OHIM smells a rat? Smell trademark application makes no scents?
Patry on Protection of Factual Compilations
Protest Over LET FARMERS DECIDE By Advocacy Group
Green Tree Communications, a PR firm that appears to represent large pharma and chemical companies, has protested the use of the mark LET FARMERS DECIDE by GE FREE MAINE, a group opposed to genetically enginerred crops.
Bag and Baggage on Fair Use and Google Print
Denise Howell of Bag and Baggage discusses the Google Print cases and fair use. Chockful of links and comprehensive background materials. Particular emphasis is given to the ‘fifth’ fair use factor – is the copier wearing a black hat or white hat.
LOGOOGLE
Logoogle, a site devoted to variations on the Google logo.
Harry Potter And The Reverse Confusion
Via E Online: Real band WYRD SISTERS prevent fictional band WYRD SISTERS from performing on ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’soundtrack.
The (real) band’s leader articulated the typical ‘reverse confusion’ concern:
“They are so much more huge than us in their reach that we’ll go out on tour a month after the movie comes