Digital Sin distributes NSFW content, such as the postmodernist classic ‘My Little Panties 2.’ Torrent users allegedly swarm plaintiff’s films, that is to say many users each host a piece of a large file, such as a movie, and together, make up a swarm that users access to view the movie. Plaintiff seeks expedited discovery
Seminole Tribe v Micki Free and American Horse re NATIVE MUSIC ROCKS
The Seminole Tribe of Florida owns the trademark NATIVE MUSIC ROCKS, It runs programs such as the Seminole Star Search. It contracted with defendant in connection with the administration of its marks and prgrams.
Native Music Rocks(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s =
The Super Bowl Is The Official Professional Football Championship of The Trademark Blog
And The Big Game is the official trademark euphemism. Trademark Blog archives on Super Bowl posts here (recursion warning – this post will appear as the first result). Personally, I’m a Jets fan, and my dislike of the Patriots is stronger than my indifference to the Giants. Therefore, go Giants.
Readily Portable Burrito
Patent 4,399,156. Readily portable burrito.
Does This Person Have Any Idea How Annoying She Is To Trademark Lawyers?
She may be perfectly pleasant in real life but I associate her with ‘the name is taken and the registrant is going to ask for too much money.’ (For the uninitiated, this is the clip art on one of the big domainer’s page o’links holding page.
Update: we have now been informed that she is
From The Instantiation Files: Twitter on Boundaries
Twittier CEO Dick Costolo interviewed on Twitter’s policy on ‘local blocking.’ Discussion begins at 1:57.
p.s. ‘Instantiation’ is the representation of abstraction with concrete ‘instances.’ such as Twitter representing the abstract idea of national boundaries with concrete filtering. Thanks to Prof Eric for the five dollar word.
Corn Dogs With Your Catalog of US Trademark Registrations? – Leason Ellis Sues a “Trademark Listing” Service For False Advertising
The websites of the US PTO, OHIM, WIPO and many national trademark offices all have variations of warnings such as this appearing on the UK website:
“We would like to warn customers about a business practice that is on the increase. This practice has caused concern to many of our customers.
A number of companies
Coke Ad
From here.
Outline of CIPLA Talk
Issues re Non-US Online Infringement
Litigation
Domain Name In Rem:
Decker v 2011cheapuggs.com, (ED Va Jan 6, 2012) Order.
Non-ACPA ‘in rem’
Chanel v Doe (eukuk.com), 11-cv-01508-KJD-PAL (D Nev) (Chanel moves to obtain 400 domain names; moves that Google ‘de-index’)(copy of preliminary injunction – note para 6 and 7)