Reuters: “Singer Buffett sues alleged trademark infringer.”
FIGHTING SIOUX Sue
The NCAA attempted to prevent the University of North Dakota from continuing its use of FIGHTING SIOUX as the names of its athletic teams. UND has sued the NCAA, alleging that the NCAA breached its obligations to UND in the manner in which the NCAA has applied its ‘Indian nickname’ rule. UND has succeeded at
3200 Billables A Year?
Yeah, I got out the calculator when I read that too. Note what the in-house folk have to say.
Sort Of Like.com
Like.com performs image searches – you can use a photo of something, such as a watch (or a watch-face) as a search term. The benefit is apparent – as people do shop in real life for ‘shoes that have red straps’ and that sort of thing. The potential for knock-offs coming up in results seems
“The Farce Behind ‘Digital Freedom'”
News.com: “Perspecitve: ‘The Farce Behind ‘Digital Freedom‘” – Op-Ed on Consumer Electronic Associations’ digital freedom campaign, written by Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA.
The Week In Law Podcast
Friends of the blog Denise Howell, Ernie the Attorney and Cathy Kirkman host a weekly podcast entitled ‘The Week In Law.” This episode’s subject: IP issues raised by the purchase of YouTube by Google (after a little blogging inside baseball).
“A Defense of the New Federal Trademark Antidilution Law”
Cardozo professor and friend of the blog Barton Beebe has written “A Defense of the New Federal Trademark Antidilution Law,” Fordham Intellectual Property Media & Entertainment Law Journal [Vol 16:1143].
You Say ALA I say BAMA
You say Infringement I say First Amendment.
Daniel Moore paints photorealistic paintings of Alabama football. The NY Times reports that the University of Alabama has now sued, alleging trademark infringement arising from his use of the Crimson Tide’s Crimson. The article notes that Alabama had previously allowed Moore press access to the field (raising contractual
All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us
NY Times (magazine section, not yet online): ‘A Turn Of The Phrase” – making the argument that the ‘Snakes On A Plane‘ phenomenon was similar to the ‘All Your Base Are Belong To Us‘ pheonomenon, in that the phrase did not signify the underlying product but the ‘disparate ensemble collaboration with
Sex, Lies, and YouTube
This story, about controversial remarks made by Bill Maher, CNN’s ediitng of those remarks, and the posting of the unedited original version on YouTube, has it all.