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
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
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
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
Tyra will do ‘How to spot a fake.” Set your Tivo accordingly, Here’s the preview.
BARELY THERE v BARELY THERE
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.