2005

The situation for Google in France gets a little worse.  An appellate court in this decision rules against Google for selling keywords.  One EEC colleague speculates that Google may have a hard time receiving any joy from the European Court of Justice and that its hopes will rest on the French Supreme Court.   The translated…

The IP situation in the law is, how do I put it, screwed up.  The U.S. taxpayer finances the creation of the case law, but there is no unfettered free public access to comprehensive indexed databases of decisional law (the access to US COA decisions being a much-appreciated first step).

As for commentary on the…

Hypo 1.  Acme Lock-Up, a private for-profit security and incarceration provider to municipalities, releases an advertisement that states “Fewer prisoners are killed or seriously injured in our facilities, than in those of our competitors.”  This statement is false and Acme knew it was false when making it (the “False Claim”).

Hypo 2.  Same facts as Hypo 1…

Man works on high-power line.  Man’s cell phone rings.  Cell phone explodes, injuring man.  Man sues Nokia.  Nokia says that its batteries don’t explode, but counterfeit cellphone batteries do.  Via The Register.

Trademark Dilution Revision Act (H.R. 683)

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 683, AS REPORTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, THE INTERNET, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

(a) SHORT TITLE.–This Act may be cited as the “Trademark Dilution Revision Act

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A domain name homograph spoof involves the use of a domain name that visually resembles another, presumably well-trafficked, domain name, such as paypa1.com for paypal.com.

The vulnerability exists with the use of only one alphabet but the potential for misuse multiplies with the use of Internationalzied Domain Names (IDNs).

As this VNUNet article reports:…