This week’s quiz:
A tour guide from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State files for BEST OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA for:
“Arranging travel tours; Coordinating travel arrangements for individuals and for groups; Organisation of travel; Organization of excursions, sightseeing tours, holidays, tours and travel; Organization of travel and boat trips; Providing links to web sites
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MediaPost Publications: IAB Tackles Lead-Generation Best Practices:
“Amid continued controversy surrounding the business of lead generation, the Interactive Advertising Bureau stepped in Wednesday with a list of best practices to help standardize the transfer and receipt of data between advertisers and lead-generation service providers.
. . . .Still, marketers are questioning the legitimacy of many
“Programming Error Exposes Facebook Code”
Wired: “Amateur Programming Error Exposes Facebook Code“:
“Owing to a misconfigured server, Facebook exposed its homepage code to what the company called “a handful of users” over the weekend. The leaked code was promptly posted on a new blog, Facebook Secrets, for all of the internet to see.
One group that should be
RIAA Named In Class Action Lawsuit
P2PNet.net: “RIAA Named in First Class Action” (link to comlaint included):
“In a request for class action status which, if and when successful, will ultimately include every one of the 30,000 or so RIAA victims [plaintiffs are] looking to recover compensation for the, “significant damages caused by the Defendants” as well as punitive
American Airlines Sues Google Over Keywords
Prof Goldman: “American Airlines Sues Google Over Keyword Ads” (copy of complaint included):
“Well, this is interesting. It’s not unusual for a trademark owner to sue Google for keyword-triggered ads–been there, done that. However, the fact that American Airlines pulled the trigger catches my attention. Many trademark owners who have sued Google had
Google Video As An Argument Against DRM
Ars Technica: “Google Selleth Then Taketh Away”
“. . . after Google takes its video store down, its Internet-based DRM system will no longer function. This means that customers who have built video collections with Google Video offerings will find that their purchases no longer work. This is one of the major flaws
Interesting Thread on Search Engine Regulation
Prog Goldman: Interesting thread on search engine regulation.
More on J&J v American Red Cross
American REd Cross press release: “American Red Cross Defends USe of Emblem and Mission.”
Protection For Octagon-Shaped Fighting Mat
WSJ Law Blog: “Octagon: The Trademark of Ultimate fighting Championship.”
“. . . Another mixed martial arts promoter has infringed upon UFC’s trademark of the octagon — the same eight-sided shape that tells drivers to STOP on the road — according to a ruling late last month by a federal judge in California.
Trademark Blog Live On Tape: Online Branding Podcast
The good people at Thomson CompuMark have made available a podcast and the Powerpoint slides of my presentation “Internet Law: Online Branding Issues“.
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