2008

Terminated Employees Sued For Trademark Infringement

By Marty Schwimmer on October 22, 2008

GMAC Mortgage lays off employees. Employees allegedly don’t return letterhead, envelopes, customer info, etc., and send out solicitations. GMAC sues for, among other things, trademark infringement.

Complaint GMAC Mortgage – Upload a Document to Scribd

Lessig: Copyright and Politics Don’t Mix

By Marty Schwimmer on October 21, 2008

Posted in DMCA

Prof Lessing on the Op-Ed page of the NY Times: “Copyright and Politics Don’t Mix“:

After all, a 95-year copyright on “Wall-E” may encourage Pixar to make innovative movies, but we can be confident our presidential candidates don’t require any first-to-the-market advantages before they agree to debate, nor is there a need to

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GE v Nantucket

By Marty Schwimmer on October 19, 2008

Posted in False Endorsement

GE alleges defendant falsely represented that it was a subsidiary of GE.

Complaint GE Nantucket – Upload a Document to Scribd

“Search Engine “Cache” Function Covered by Implied License

By Marty Schwimmer on October 18, 2008

Posted in Search Engines

Prof Goldman: “Search Engine ‘Cache’ Function Covered by Implied License – Parker v Yahoo“:

This lawsuit squarely revisits the ground covered in the Field v. Google case, which Google won for 5 different reasons–including that anyone who posts content to the web knowing that search engines display cached copies impliedly licenses the search

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IP Podcast Site

By Marty Schwimmer on October 16, 2008

Posted in Podcasting

IP Colloquium:
“. . . an online audio program devoted to IP topics. We aspire to be something like an NPR show., but focused on copyrights and patents, and aimed at a legal audience. Our programs are neither lectures nor debates. They are conversations, ideally thoughtful ones, with guests drawn from academia, the entertainment…