Current Trends in CTE: Rain, Rain Go Away (Beatles tribute band named RAIN sues Korean pop singer named Rain).
Sam I Am Not
Variety: Seuss Gives ABC Sitcom New Name (Seuss estate protests use of ‘Sam I Am’; show name changed to “Samantha Be Good”).
Thomas And The Tarnished Trademark
NY Times (reg req): A Lesson That Thomas Could Teach (regarding the owner of the Thomas the Tank Engine property distancing itself from the toy recall).
We Charge Extra to Talk Dirty About Trademarks
A while back the sex columnist from Esquire called me up to ask whether, in theory, a new sexual position could be protected. Well, let’s see. A physical position probably couldn’t be patented, although devices to enable the position could be. The idea of a new position couldn’t be copyrighted, but, viewing a sexual position
Another Argument For A Gore/Obama Ticket
This is the link to Hillary Clinton’s Soprano parody video. It starts out well with a shot of a diner in Mt. Kisco near my old office. It then proceeds to refer to the final scene of the Sopranos (complete with cameo by Vince Curatola, the actor who played Johnny Sack), with Journey’s ‘Don’t
Why I’m Not Blogging About AVVO Yet
I’m not ignoring commenting on AVVO, the numerical lawyer rating service that is the subject of lawsuits – it’s just that if to answer a question such as whether I thought AVVO was good or not, I was required to analyze numerous factors, and I didn’t have the time to competently evaluate all, or even
Are Britney’s Lawyers Crazy (Like Foxes)?
A Florida radio station ran billboards (pictured above) showing Britney Spears and one of the station’s DJs, suggesting that she and DJ were ‘nuts.’ Ms. Spears contested the use. The radio station is pulling the billboards. Unfortunately, the Smoking Gun has printed only one of Britney’s lawyers letters, not the one that contains ‘many legal
Viacom v Google in a Nutshell
Today’s WSJ has a special section entitled “All Things Digital” that is a must-read for many reasons. From an interview with the CEOs of Viacom and Google we get the following:
Mr. Daumann (CEO of Viacom): The DMCA was not intended to cover a company that is in the media business that has knowledge of
China: Pepsi Loses Over BLUE STORM
China Daily: Pepsi Loses Lawsuit to Small Brewery Over Infringement :
“The high court of East China’s Zhejiang Province reversed the first verdict of the lower court and decided in favor of a local small-sized brewery to claim 3 million yuan as compensation against Pepsi Cola over trademark infringement, China Intellectual Property News reported.
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“YouTube to Finally Test Copyright Tech”
PC Mag:” YouTube to Finally Test Copyright Tech“:
“Top online video service YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology with two of the world’s largest media companies, Time Warner Inc. and Walt Disney Co.
The technology, developed by engineers at YouTube-owner Google Inc., will help content owners such as movie and TV