I’m interviewed for the Podcast Brothers’ podcast about securing and protecting trademark rights, specifically for podcasts. I do go on.
Tribute Brands and Authorized Touring Companies And Phish
Well there was a big chunk of afternoon.
I picked up the flyer pictured above, at lunch. I have never been to see a tribute band. Glenn has been to see Dark Star Orchestra and Dire Wolf.
We’ll ignore the copyright issue in the flyer other than to say ‘it’s better not to reproduce copyrighted
Question For You Re Tribute Bands
With the exception of Beatlemania, in the history of the world has there been such a thing as a licensed/endorsed/official tribute band?
This Is Not What Is Meant By Reverse-Domain Hijacking
Cybersquatters risk punitive damages of $100,000 per name to divert traffic through use of a confusingly similar domain name. Universal Tube of Pennsylvania, which sells machines for making metal tubes, owns the domain name UTUBE.COM. It received 65 million hits in August, most of them, no doubt, intended for YouTube. And is it happy? No.
Ouch
Someone asked on the INTA discussion list: how much does a survey for use in litigation cost and someone replied:
“Just did a likelihood of confusion survey conducted over telephone with
137 professional respondents and the cost was $48,000. Does not include
any depositions or trial testimony.”
The deposition or trial testimony referred to
“French Publishers Join Google Book Search Suit”
“Surf Music, Hip-Hop, Race and Copyright”
Prof Patry: “Surf-Music, Hip-Hop, Race and Copyright.”
“Federal Trademark Dilution Law Overhauled”
New York Law Journal: ‘Federal Trademark Dilution Law Overhauled.‘
‘MYSpace Cracking Down On Illegal Music Uploads’
Reuters: ‘MySpace cracking down on illegal music uploads.’
Best WSJ Correction So Far This Week
From today’s Wall St Journal’s ‘Corrections & Amplifications’:
A drawing of Melvyn Weiss, a partner of Milberg, Weiss, that accompanied an article Friday . . . incorrectly identifed him as Milberg Weiss . . .”