2006

INTA Bulletin

By Marty Schwimmer on December 4, 2006

The latest INTA Bulletin arrived. Highlights include an illustation of a fishing line guide (discussion of the registrability of same in this decision), report of Dutch case involving the Adidas three-stripe mark, and news of a famous mark decision from Poland (LEXUS).

Discussion of Pre-Loaded IPods

By Marty Schwimmer on December 4, 2006

Posted in Copyright, Copyright Fair Use, DMCA

As the price of digital-playback devices (i.e. iPods) plumment, we may see more and more ‘pre-loaded’ offerings. Here a discussion of Load ‘N Go, a company that pre-loads iPods with video content (and bundles the related DVD). However the question arises whether it is cricumventing DRM sfotware to do so. Via IP Due Diligence…

WSJ On Google and Copyright

By Marty Schwimmer on December 4, 2006

Posted in Copyright, Search Engines

Wall St Journal: “Google Search: ‘Copyright‘”
Commentary thereon here.

Complaint in LV v. Landlord

By Marty Schwimmer on December 4, 2006

Posted in Counterfeits

Via Counterfeit Chic, a copy of a complaint filed last week in the Southern District of New York, in which Louis Vuitton, Burberry, and other owners of well-known trademarks, sue a landlord of properties in Chinatown where counterfeits are allegedly sold.

“Yahoo And Reuters Want You To Work For Their News Service?

By Marty Schwimmer on December 4, 2006

Posted in Copyright

NY Times: “Have Camera Phone? Yahoo and Reuters Want You to Work for Their News Service“:
“Hoping to turn the millions of people with digital cameras and camera phones into photojournalists, Yahoo and Reuters are introducing a new effort to showcase photographs and video of news events submitted by the public.”
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