LA Times: “Hanes Sues American Apparel over Barely There trademark”
The Angels Want To Wear My Red Soles
FemaleFirst: Christian Louboutin Battles Over Red Soles:
“Christian Louboutin is battling to trademark the signature red soles on all his shoe designs.
The shoe legend is fed up of other companies cashing in on his popularity by putting red soles on their own shoes to imitate his famous designs.”
BBC.TK Is Still Available
BBC article on the .TK country code top level domain (from the island of Tokelau).
As of now, BBC.TK is still available for registration.
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The East Is Red, for Pepsi
WSJ: Pepsi Steps Into Coke Realm: Red, China
“In most countries, the major rival colas are delineated by color: Coca-Cola Co.’s can is red, while that of PepsiCo Inc. is blue. But in China, Pepsi has departed from tradition and launched a red can as part of a new marketing campaign.”
BMW v. CEO
NY Times reports on the similarities bewteen Chinese carmaker Shuanghuan’s CEO and BMW’s SUV. Core 77 Design Site has discussed the economics of Chinese car ‘counterfeiting’ previously.
And They Still Haven’t Caught The Guy
My wife dropped the big boy off at Kindergarten, I dropped the little guy at pre-school. I crossed Eighth and 23rd and an emergency vehicle took the corner exceedingly fast, the pedestrians jumping back onto the curb. One woman crossed herself and I thought “you don’t see that much anymore.” Growing up, there were people
Al Fross
Al Fross died five years ago today.
What’s Swahili For “Yeah, Sure It Is”
LuLu sues Hulu and TechCrunch convinces the world that HULU is Swahili for cease and desist.
This Is Only The Second Time I’ve Mentioned Paris Hilton
I think that shows restraint on my part. She’s suing Hallmark. This was the first time, when she was still part of a sister act. I seem to have never mentioned Lindsey Lohan. Britney Spears has been mentioned many times.
Beware of TrademarkInfringement@NetZero.com
Wired: “Fraudster Who Impersonated a Lawyer to Steal Domain Names Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud”
“A Nevada man pleaded guilty Thursday to his plotting to steal URLs from their legitimate owners by impersonating a California intellectual property lawyer and send threatening letters to domain name owners in hopes of convincing them to turn