Dana-Farber Cancer Institute protests Dr Farber’s The Farber Center for Radiation Oncology.
Complaint Farber
Do You Get What You Pay For When It’s Free?
Chris Anderson wrote a book called Free. It discusses the downward pressure information technology exerts on content. Background here.
The NY Times reviewed it and considered it sloppy, for a start.
Malcolm Gladwell reviewed it in the New Yorker and criticized the whole thesis.
Seth Godin disagreed with Gladwell, writing a post entitled “
Wading Into the Posner/Hot News/Linking Brouhaha
Judge Posner started the discussion with this blog post which concludes:
Expanding copyright law to bar online access to copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, might be necessary to keep free riding on content financed by online newspapers from so
PLATO Modeling Compound
From here.
Text of Decision in Davidoff v CVS (Removal of UPC Code On Grey Goods Is Actionable)
As a result of a prior injunction, Plaintiff Manufacturer had right to inspect Defendant retailer’s inventory, and uncovered 16,000 units of its product, with the UPC code removed (either cut off or chemically ‘erased.’). As a result, Plaintiff could not determine if the product was counterfeit or merely ‘grey good’ (goods that were authorized by
Michael Jackson Was A Credited Inventor For A Patent For Moon Walking!
Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion Michael J. Jackson et al
I’m serious. I thought I would distinguish myself by not mentioning Michael Jackson today, but then someone posted a link to patent 5,255,452 for “Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusions.” I’m told that this is (was) a real patent!
“The Bug, the Worm and the Death Star”
Identity Forum: The Bug, the Worm and the Death Star (nicknames for trademarks).
Trade Dress Complaint Bounced For Failure To Allege Factus of Non-Functionality
Via Loeb and Loeb: Do Denim v Fried Denim:
Although Plaintiff’s opposition papers contain various generalized assertions about the nature of the jeans industry and the extent to which jeans designers rely on back-pocket-embroidered designs that may or may not be similar ot the Dragon Design, the Amended Compaint itself contains no factual allegation as
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Puzzlemaster v Apple re Parking Lot
Puzzlemaster sues Apple over allegedly infringing puzzle game on iPhone. Background here.
Complaint Apple