American Association of Advertising Agencies White Paper: “Best Practice Guidance: Ownership of Agency Ideas, Plans and Work Developed During the New Business Procedure.”
Ad Age coverage of white paper here.
Reel Pop: ‘A Brief Guide to Online Video Lawsuits”
Reel Pop: “A Brief guide to Online Video Lawsuits” (collection of information on litigation against the major video-sharing sites. Details on lawsuits and subpoenas against Veoh, Bolt, Grouper, YouTube, Google Video and MySpace.
Some Posts On the Viacom/YouTube Spat
NewTeeVee: ‘YouTube Should Call Viacom’s Bluff‘
Mark Cuban: ‘Gootube Terrorizes Copyright Owners by Withholding Filters‘ (in which he advocates the uploading of porn to YouTube to test its filtering abilities.
Reel Pop: “YouTube’s inability to remove copyrighted clips could get it sued” (in which it monitors Google’s progress in
Apple Ends Dispute With Beatles Over Trademarks
Bloomberg: Apple Ends Dispute With Beatles Over Trademarks
In 2003, I wrote here:
“In 1989 Apple Computer paid Apple Corps. (the Beatles’ label) $27 million to settle a trademark lawsuit. I believe that Apple also paid several million in legal fees at the time (Apple’s unsuccessful attempt at getting insurance to pay its fees reported
Can You Watch The Super Bowl On a 70” Screen In A Church?
Info/Law analyzes the question as to whether a Church can host a Super Bowl party, utilizing a 70″ TV, and concludes “yes, assuming the Church does not charge admission.”
Is The US Government Spending $60 Million On A Pork Trademark?
After I posted about the THE OTHER WHITE MEAT demand letter below, I was going to pose a question to the readership: what are the risks in sending dilution-based demand letters? In view of the rapid take-up of this story on the web, one answer seems to be: Don’t send a demand letter to
Viacom Demands YouTube Pull Down Videos
Reuters: Viacom demands YouTube pull down videos:
“Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile , Research) has demanded that Google Inc.’s online video service YouTube pull down all of its video clips after they failed to reach an agreement, the company said.
About 100,000 video clips from Viacom-owned properties including MTV Networks and BET has been
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Improper combination of milk and meat here (Use of The OTHER WHITE MILK by breat-feeding activist, protested by Pork trade association, owner of THE OTHER WHITE MEAT). Demand letter from Pork Board here.
Improper combination of the kosher symbol and porn, here.
Competing kosher symbols here.
God Hates Shrimp website
GEMA v. YouTube and MySpace?
NewTeeVee: “YouTube, MySpace Face European Copyright Clash“:
“Collective licensing organizations throughout the continent have been demanding compliance in recent months, seeking their share of the potential billions generated by online video. At the forefront of this movement is GEMA – a German organization that now now has its sights on YouTube and MySpace.”
IP Law In Virtual Reality Round-Up
Law.com: IP’S Brave New World – Discussion of SecondLife’s IP policy and attempts at dispute resolution.
Slashdot: “EBay Delisting All Auctions For Virtual Property.” (“Given the nebulous nature of ownership in online games, eBay has decided the prudent decision is to remove the possibility for players to sell what might be the IP