Prof Goldman: Newspaper Obituaries Aren’t Hot News:
The Scranton Times is suing the Wilkes-Barre newspaper for republishing obituary notices in its Scranton edition that were initially published in the Scranton Times. But the Scranton Times has a problem–funeral homes typically write and submit the obituary notices, so the Scranton Times has no copyright interest
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Washington Post: Most Spam Sites Tied to Just 10 Registrars
1. XinNet Cyber Information Company Limited
2. eNom
3. Network Solutions
4. Register.com
5. Planet Online
6. Regtime Ltd.
7. OnlineNIC Inc.
8. Spot Domain LLC
9. Wild West Domains
10. Hichina Web Solutions
I suppose that one way to give these numbers meaning would…
SciFi becomes SyFy. HT PC.
YEAR NUMBER OF CASES
1999 1
2000 1857
2001 1557
2002 1207
2003 1100
2004 1176
2005 1456
2006 1824
2007 2156
2008 2329
Registration Ruminations reports that PTO numbers regarding the withdrawal of ‘inadvertently’ filed documents with the PTO suggests that people are following John Welch’s advice as to how to avoid a ‘fraudit.’
CitiGroup brings in rem action in Virginia against various CITI-variant domain names.
Complaint Citigroup in Rem
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Prof Goldman tallies Utah’s (and 1-800-Contacts) war against keyword advertising (disclosure – I have represented clients who have been adverse to 1-800-Contacts).
Prof Goldman: Fifth Circuit Denies Yahoo’s Jurisdictional Appeal in American Airlines Case:
Yahoo’s principal argument was that the parties’ lawsuit was governed by its Sponsored Search Agreement, which had a mandatory venue clause requiring litigation in Yahoo’s home court. The district court judge did not respond well to that argument, calling it “completely nonsensical.”
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