News.com: “Are mix tape sites on solid legal ground?“:
A seemingly home-spun operation with no obvious profit motive, Muxtape allows anyone to upload a series of songs to its servers to create, and then distribute online, a digital “mix tape” along the lines of the ones you made for your unrequited paramours back
Societes Des Bains De Mer et Du Cercles Des Etrangers a Monaco v. MGM Mirage, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Societes Des Bains De Mer et Du Cercles Des Etrangers a Monaco
Defendant: MGM Mirage, Inc. and Victoria Partners, L.P.
Case Number: 1:2008cv03157
Filed: March 28, 2008
Court: New York Southern District Court
The complaint is
Australian IT: “Websites win right to show Games clips“:
INTERNET sites in Australia will be allowed to show short video clips of Olympic events for the first time during the Beijing Games, following a historic agreement announced yesterday between the Seven Network and the International Olympic Committee.
Discussion here.
WIPO: DNS Developments Feed Growing Cybersquatting Concerns:
Last year, a record 2,156 complaints alleging cybersquatting – or the abusive registration of trademarks on the Internet – were filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center (Center), representing an 18% increase over 2006 and a 48% increase over 2005 in the
Circle (r) Brands is a branding agency that sells names complete with a federal trademark registration already attached. WSJ reports.
Woody Allen sues American Apparel for use of his image on a billboard (shown above) (yes, when the complaint’s on Pacer I’ll attempt to get a copy).
Malcolm Gladwell profile on American Apparel.
If you google ‘woody allen look-alike’ you will find numerous discussions of Woody Allen’s pivotal role in developing the right of
WSJ.com: Mobile-Phone Programmer Wins Rights to “March Madness:
All kinds of new things are happening in college hoops. The three-point line is getting moved back to 20 feet 9 inches, all four number one seeds made it to the Final Four for the first time in history, and a non-NCAA affiliate has won the
TechCrunch: “Why We’re Suing Facebook For $25 Million In Statutory Damages“:
So we’ve been increasingly concerned about developments at Facebook over the last few months that allow advertisers to post ads using my picture and name to endorse their products without my explicit permission. I’ve received literally dozens of emails from readers asking
BrandChannel.com: “Do People, or does time, kill our favorite brands?”:
From PanAm and Atari to Netscape and Cingular, did people put these brands into the graveyard, or was it simply time?