Slashdot: “Creationists Silence Critics with DMCA“:
“As richarddawkins.net reports., an organization called Creation Science Evangelism Ministries has been submitting DMCA copyright requests to YouTube resulting in the Rational Response Squad being banned after they protested against videos being taken down and accounts being closed by YouTube. Rational Response Squad are attacking creationism (AKA
September 2007
False Endorsement by Petraeus of Guiliani?
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Posted in False Endorsement
“Nokia Trademarks Classic Guitar Score”
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Posted in Non-Traditional Trademarks
LAw.com Blog: Nokia Trademarks Classic Guitar Score
“Lawyerless eBayer sues Autodesk over Garage-sale Miracle”
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Posted in DMCA
Now there’s a title. The Register:
“Three years ago, Timothy Vernor quit his day job to enjoy life as a full-time eBay junkie. His online store, Happy Hour Comics, typically sells comics-related collectibles and vintage toys, but about 24 months back, he walked into a “garage sale” and stumbled onto a copy of AutoCAD, the…
Another Politician Domain Name Case
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Posted in Domain Names
San Bernadino County Sun:
“County Supervisor Dennis Hansberger has sued to stop a Muscoy man from criticizing him through a Web site using the supervisor’s name.
Hansberger, who is running for re-election, won a temporary restraining order stopping William Fanning from profiting, promoting or selling the name, said Hansberger’s attorney, Tim Prince.
A preliminary…
Circular On Vietnamese Trademark Law
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Posted in International
Memo on changes to Vietnamese Trademark Law prepared by the Winco law firm.
Counter DMCA Notice Allows School Board Candidate To Continue To Defend Children Against Metaphorical Death Star
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Posted in DMCA
The Register:
Late last month . . . Viacom put the screws to Star Wars-loving North Carolinian Christopher Knight for posting his own TV ad to the world’s most popular video-sharing web site. Yes, he also posted a sliver of Viacom-owned content, but most of the video was his – and he wasn’t doing…
Impressive (Free) Seminar at SCU on Dilution, Oct 5
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Posted in What Is This Thing Called Dilution?
Outstanding speaker list. What caught my eye was a presentation entitled “”How I Became Disillusioned with Trademark Dilution,” by some professor in the Bay Area named McCarthy.
Google: The $4.6 Trillion Fair-Use Economy
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Posted in Copyright Fair Use
Google Public Policy Blog: “The Economic Value of ‘Fair Use’”
“The study — which I encourage you to check out — concludes that the “fair use economy” in 2006 accounted for $4.6 trillion in revenues (roughly one-sixth of total U.S. gross domestic product), employed more than 17 million people, and supported a…
Counterfeit Chic on Tyra Friday Sept 14
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Posted in Counterfeits
Tyra will do ‘How to spot a fake.” Set your Tivo accordingly, Here’s the preview.