. . . is COLUMBIA RECORDS, according to Wiki.
Yale Search Engine Symposium Papers
43(B)log – False Advertising Law Blog
Rebecca Tushnet, Goergetown Law Professor and comics aficionado, has re-positioned her blog as 43(b)log – False Advertising and More.
Global Fake Drug Problem
Article from The American Prospect entitled ‘Death By Dilution,’ on the world counterfeit drug market. The FDA estimates that 10% of the medicine in the world is counterfeit; others estimate that the figure is 50% in some countries.
Review of The Third Man (one of my favorite thrillers) here.
Prof. Patry on Copyright Deposits and Trade Secrets
Further to our prior conversation about trade secret issues raised by IP filings, we note that Prof. Patry has posted on Copyright Deposits and Trade Secret Protection.
Single Digit Domain Names
Back in 1993, IANA set aside the registration of single-digit domain names (six were floating around – IdeaLab used to own Z.COM, for example). Now ICANN is supposed to discuss whether such names should be released. Presumably some of these names would be quite valuable.
Some companies are making (possibly) premptory trademark filings. Yahoo has
SUN v. PURPLE SUN in the UK
VODAFONE v. VODAFONE in Russia
Vodafone goes after name squatter in Russia.
Similar story re STARBUCKs in Russia here.
Coulrophobia In International Affairs
Kazakhstan, taking the bait, has protested comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s portrayal of Borat, a fictitious Kazakh.
Borat’s fictional website here.
Blind Search Engine Taste Test
Compare results among three leading search engines. I tried it out with ‘Trademark Lawyer’ and the discrepancy was a little surprising. Via Searchblog.