Prof Patry explains why the cost of ringtones may go down as a result.
‘The Small Print Project’ Museum Of Adhesion
A student at USC has put together ‘The Small Print Project,’ a collection of electronic contracts of adhesion, with commentary. The purpose of the project is:
” . . . to document experiences — both good and bad — presented by the millions of EULAs (End User Licensing Agreements) as they are both
STARBUCKS v STARPREYA: How Close You Can Come in Korea
Not referring to nuclear brinkmanship. How close you can come to the look and feel of a trademark in South Korea without infringing that trademark. You can come this close.
IPKat comments here.
UTube’s Problem With YouTube
Universal Tube owns the site utube.com, and has had a recent increase in traffic.
LVMH v. eBay
BusinessWeek: ‘Fed Up With Fakes‘ (LVMH sues eBay).
MYFLORIDA.COM v. MYFLORIDA411.COM
Daytona Beach News Journal: ‘Domain Woes Pain In The Head‘ (mediation over registration of MYFLORIDA411.com).
PRC: PLAYBOY v. PEARLBOY
BBC: ‘Playboy sues over China bunny.‘ HT Ed.
“Germany: Trademarks As Meta Tags”
From Lovells September 2006 newsletter: “Germany: Trademarks As Meta Tags” (discussion of German Supreme Court decision re whetherunauthorized use of a trademark as a meta tag constitutes infringement in Germany (yes)).
New Ethiopia Trademark Law
From NJQ & Associates: Ethiopia Trademark Registration and Protection Proclamation
Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act
I include the following boilerplate when I provide clients with filing receipts of their trademark applications:
Your application is a matter of public record. Some companies, often using names including terms such as AGENCY, RIGHTS or CENTER, utilize the public database in order to send solicitations to applicants, These solicitations sometimes resemble official notifications. As