International Herald Tribune: ‘Next step in pirating: Faking a Company.’
Government-Mandated Warnings Re Sexual Content?
News.com: Gonzales Calls For Mandatory Web Labeling Law (Site operators face 5 years in prison for violating rating system intended “prevent people from inadvertently stumbling across pornographic images on the Internet.”).
To the extent that I ever feature salacious material, it’s to get people to inadvertently stumble across trademark law.
“I Invented . . . The Apple Logo”
SyncMag: “I Invented . . . the Apple Logo.”
Three Years In A Barrel In Scotland
From the Wiki entry for Scotch Whiskey:
” [T]he Scotch Whisky Order of 1990 which clarified the Scotch Whisky Act of 1988, and mandates that the spirit:
Must be distilled at a Scottish distillery from water and malted barley, to which only other whole grains may be added, have been processed at that distillery
Google’s Commemorative Logos
Google modifies its logos to honor holidays or famous individuals. Last week it created a logo that alludes to (but, Google alleges, did not copy), Joan Miro’s work, in honor of Miro’s brithday. The Miro estate complained, and Google, without admitting wrong-doing, pulled the logo by noon.
Some reaction was, in effect, gimme
Blog About IP Law In China
IP Dragon, a blog about IP law in the PRC, written by an anonymous dragon.
Calculation of Statutory Damages For Compilations
If eight copyrighted works are infringed by one unauthorized compilation, then plaintiff may be entitled to eight, not one, awards of statutory damages. If thirteen copyrighted words are infringed by seven unaothrized compilations, then plaintiff may be entitled to thirteen, not seven, awards of statutory damages. More, including text of decision, on the WB Music
Stoller On Hold?
TTABlog reports that the TTAB may have stopped granting Stoller extensions.
Example Of State Naming Regulation
When discussing the allocation of state corporate names, I meant to but didn’t mention that in addition to the minimal ‘identity search,’ states impose various restrictions that loosely constitute consumer protection laws. For example, terms such as BANK or INSURANCE are restricted.
Here’s an example. Franchise Law Blog reports on Rhode Island enforcing a
First .EU Dispute Decision
That was fast. As far as I can tell, an entity received a quick registration for PST in the Benelux. While another entity with an older PST registration is moving to cancel this Benelux registration, as far as this .EU dispute goes, a valid registration is a valid registration. I encourage EU practitioners to