InternetNews.com: “Domain Name Fee Increase Set” (Verisign can raise $6 registry fee to $6.42 in October).
IMPORTANT – SAFETY RECALL
Mid-Hudson News: “Car Delaers Settle With State AG For False Advertising:
” . . . Poughkeepsie Chevrolet mailed thousands of fliers to Hudson Valley owners of General Motors cars with a headline that read “IMPORTANT – SECOND NOTICE – SAFETY RECALL,” complete with a recall number, warning consumers that their vehicles “may be
You Can Own the PONY EXPRESS Trademark
Eccomerce law: “Pony Express Marks Being Auctioned Online.”
The Games That Must Not Be Named
Note the symbol behind those Olympic, I mean, Winter Games figure skaters in ‘Blades of Glory.” I took the fam to see the Will Ferrell movie Friday (Trademark Blog review: Goofy fun) and because I cannot leave the work at the office, I noticed the ‘not supposed to look like the Olympic symbol’ symbol, and
I Heart Dispute
WSJ.com: “We Heart Trademark Disputes Involving People Named Stewart” (re I Heart NY and the KATONAH matters).
“Hoping To Move Guitar Notations Into The Legal Sunshine”
NY Times: “Hoping to Move Guitar Notations Into The Legal Sunshine“:
” . . . about 2 percent of the songs in the company’s catalog have licensed guitar tablature associated with them.
For the remaining songs in Famous Music’s catalog — and the vast majority of the music publishing industry’s collective catalog —
“Sports Organizations Try To Limit Online Reporting”
NY Times: “Sports Organizations Try To Limit Online Reporting“:
“When the Pan American Games start in Brazil in July, thousands of top athletes will run, wrestle and leap, but they will not be able to indulge in one popular daily exercise: blogging.
Neither will their doctors, coaches or massage therapists, in a blanket
Smell-o-vision Replaces Television
IHT: “ Joint Promotion Adds Stickers To Sweet Smell Of Marketing“:
“Guests at Omni luxury hotels will find small scented stickers on the front pages of their free copies of USA Today. A blackberry aroma will suggest that the guests start the day at their hotels with a cup of Starbucks coffee “paired with
Live Free And Die
IHT: “Warner’s Digital Watchdog Widens War On Pirates“:
“Missteps made today could have grave consequences for the future, particularly when it comes to consumers’ willingness to pay for movies and television shows online, she believes. To illustrate the point, she tells of her niece’s fish, named Mortimer, who one day leaped from his
Will Apple/EMI DRM-Free Deal Be Copied By Others?
NY Times: “EMI to Allow Apple To Sell Songs Online“:
“EMI Group PLC on Monday announced a deal that will allow computer company Apple Inc. to sell the record company’s songs online without copy protection software.
The agreement means that customers of Apple’s iTunes store will soon be able to play downloaded songs