SlashDot: “GoDaddy Caves To Irish Legal Threat.”
This Post About Lawyer Advertising Is Predominantly Information And Partly Aggravated
The NY State Bar Association (my bar association) has proposed rules on advertising by lawyers. As far as I can tell, they seem to embrace blogs, and, in my initial read, treat them less favorably than, for example, the unsolicited hard copy material I receive everyday from law firms, who, I imagine, have purchased mailing
ANNA SUI Reclaims Domain Name In China
Via Chang Tsi, Anna Sui obtains annasui.cn using .CN arbitration process.
“Copyright Modernization Act of 2006”
Prof Patry: “Copyright Modernization Act of 2006.”
Hackney Wins £300,000
Out-Law: Hackney council has won £300,000 from Nike in adispute over the London borough council’s logo, which Nike had used on sports clothes without permission. Nike will also pay the council’s legal costs.”
Universal Music: MTV A ‘Costly Mistake”
NYPost: Universal Music Warns Web Video Swapper. Universal Music head suggests that they will be asking Youtube to get paid soon. Interesting reference to MTV as a ‘costly mistake’ and ‘a hard lesson’ that the musci industry will not repeat.
“Schools Domain Taken By Porn”
Salt Lake Tribune: “Schools Domain Taken By Porn” The article leaves you to guess the domain name in question.
Warning Re: Laundry Lists On US Applications
After 1989 when the U.S. allowed Intent to Use applications (which required a declaration as to bona fide intent to use), some practitioners worried that applicants with huge laundry lists of goods and services, had potential fraud exposure if it could be shown that there had never been a bona fide intent to use on
“Behind Google’s German Courtroom Battle”
News.com: ‘Behind Google’s German Courtroom Battle” (Lawsuit contesting Google’s ability to use the GMAIL mark in Germany and other countries).