Finally, a pretense for writing about American Idol. O’Reilly had on a lawyer who argued that Fox may have had a cause of action against Howard Stern and VoteForTheWorse.com, because they suggest that people vote for Sanjaya precisely because he is bad. Stern allegedly is doing so to undermine Idol’s credibility. (pause). So the lawyer
Sati-red?
Dork Peppermint Patties
Frederick News-Post Online: “Hershey to sue over alleged logo infringement” (Hershey sues vending machine operator that distributes DORK PEPPERMINT PATTIES stickers).
Corbis Loses UDRP To CORBIS.NET
Corbis Corporation v. CORBIS Internet-MY c/o John Pickworth, WIPO Decision D2006-1631 (Corbis fails to establish reputation of CORBIS mark in UKL prior to 1999 registration date of Corbis.net).
Effect Of Domain Tasting On Domain Name Prices?
Information Week: “VeriSign Domain Price Increase Criticized” (Argument that domain name registants subsidize the practice of domain tasting – in which speculators hold domain for five days to determining whether it brings in sufficient traffic).
Interesting: Recycling by Rebranding
A carbon-neutral conference, Interesting 2007, will re-brand your old schwag, rather than create its own. Via Kottke.
ICANN Scuttlebutt
The Register: ‘In the Wake Of Registerfly, Is ICANN Taking Flight?” (Attempting to causally link ICANN’s recent contemplation of a change in legal status, to its recent dis-accreditation (decreditation? removal of accreditation?) of registrar RegisterFly.)
Urban v. Urban Update
Tennessean.com: “Keith Urban countersues Keith Urban”
Group Rankling Caused By Utah Law
Information Week: ‘Utah ban on Trademark Keywords Rankles Groups”
Here’s The Argument Against Buying Counterfeits
You can get trapped in the basement of a store for two hours when the place is being raided.
From NY One:
“Hours after breaking up an alleged counterfeit ring operating out of a Chinatown store, police were surprised to get a call late Tuesday afternoon from shoppers trapped inside the store’s basement.
Police