The new .MOBI top level domain name is going live. There is a sunrise period this week until the 29th for entities that can establish that they are part of the ‘mobile industry’ (established by membership in one of several mobile industry organizations).
A second sunrise begins June 12 for holders of trademark registrations (any
Proposed New York State Anti-Cybersquatting Law
Discussion here.
Text:
The language of S2306 follows:
Introduced by Sens. LITTLE, ALESI, BRUNO, DeFRANCISCO, FARLEY, FUSCHIL-LO, HANNON, LARKIN, LEIBELL, LIBOUS, MALTESE, MARCELLINO, MARCHI, MAZIARZ, MEIER, MORAHAN, PADAVAN, RATH, SALAND, SKELOS, VOLKER, WINNER – read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to
Call For Submissions Re Baseball Statistics Case
Let’s have a blogging symposium re the Fantasy Baseball case. It’s got everything: Intellectual Property, statistics, and Baseball.
‘Is the NFL More Feared Than The U.S. Government?”
Freakonomics: Is the NFL more feared than the U.S. Government?
“The U.S. Versus .xxx”
eWeek: Freedom of Information Act requests reveal emails suggesting that U.S. Government Officials such as Rove and religious conservative lobbyisys were active in the defeat of the .XXX top level domain name. The article suggests that such activities may have violated the USG’s Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN.
ICANN WATCH and (ICANN board member) Susan
WEST POINT brand Military Academy
The Department of the Army owns a federal registration for WEST POINT covering multiple goods and services. West Point Graduates Against The Waris an organization of West Point graduates against the war. The Army has sent them a demand letter.
Some cases involving trademark use by advocacy organizations include Brach van Houten Holding v.
You’ve Smelled The Rest, Now Smell The Best
Another excuse to run the picture of the ‘You’ve Tried The Rest, Now Try The Best’ pizza chef. Does anyone know the history of this graphic?
Via IPKat, a Lithuaian company claims that it has secondary meaning in the smell of pizza.
Plagiarism and Reverse Passing Off
Prof. Volokh on the investigation of Prof. Ward Churchill. Prof. Churchill not only allegedly put his name on other people’s work, but he would put other’s names on his work. Why? So that he could cite them as supporting his views.
Trademark Blog Live in Manhattan Wednesday
I will participate on a panel on the subject of blogging, of all things, at the Copyright Society lunch at the Princeton Club, Wednesday at lunch. Fellow panelists include Bill Patry of Patry on Copyright. Details here.
Geographical Indications Used on Wines and Spirits
Trademark Office Exam Guide 1-06: Geographical Indications Used on Wines and Spirits.