Gawker on protection of IP related to Martin Luther King. Hat tip David.
More On Registry-Watching: Apple Files For MOBILE ME
We’ve run several items on registry-watchers who speculate on coporate moves based on trademark filings. This week there is coverage of Apple’s application on MOBILE ME (from which it is inferred that Apple will bring out an IPOD phone). Some corporations deliberately file trademark applications in the ‘dummy’ names to frustrate this practice (See discussion
If You Are A Canadian IP Attorney . . .
. . . we would be happy to hear your views on the agreement described in this NY Times article, that bars use of footage from political debates on parody shows.
Can Recipes Be Copyrighted?
Via Kottke, a Washington Post article on protection of recipes
One should distinguish between a recipe, a textual rendering ofa recipe, and a compilation of recipes. Publications Intl. v. Meredith, 88 F.3d 473 (7th Cir. 1996) dealt with alleged infringement of a recipe book:
“The identification of ingredients necessary for the preparation of each dish
43(b)log Reports Back
PICARO Not Likely To Be Confused With PICASSO
IPKat on Estate of Picasso failing to block applicaton for PICARO for vehicles (prevailing party depicted above).
Patry: In Praise Of Imitation
Patry: In Praise Of Imitation.
Eschaton and Intent To Annoy
Atrios is the pseudonym for a blogger who writes for the popular Eschaton blog. Three times today he posted critical comments of Arlen Specter and ended all of them by providing Specter’s contact info and the exhortation that his readers call Specter and ask him provocative questions.
If many people called Specter and ask him
