WaPo: “IPhone Hackers Could Face Legal Battle”
“Unlocking the phone for one’s own use, for instance to place calls with a different carrier, appears to be legal. But if it’s done for financial gain, the legality is less certain.”
Blog Rating Site: Discuss
Remember, MPAA owns trademarks in its ratings. Now review this do-it-yourself rating site. HT Prof Froomkin.
Trademark Blog Live On Tape: Online Branding Podcast
The good people at Thomson CompuMark have made available a podcast and the Powerpoint slides of my presentation “Internet Law: Online Branding Issues“.
Perhaps you would like an interactive TRADEMARK BLOG LIVE presentation, customized for your organization. I have presented to bar associations, trade groups, law firms and private firms on:
U.S. Trademark
Live Webcast on ‘Blog Law’ Today
I will be participating in a webcast: “A Primer on Blogging” for Virginia Continuing Legal Education today.
Light To No Posting Until August 13
Family vacation. Small children really do say ‘are we there yet?’ incessantly.
Social Networking Tools Poll
Are any of you guys using ‘social networking apps’ such as Facebook or Twitter?
The “ask a question’ app and the staus update function on Facebook both seem to be efficient means of conducting (non-confidential) polls of colleagues. The Group function seems to have potential as well (in that its less distracting than a listserv
I Think The Witness Has To Say Unambigously “I Invoke The Privilege”
The View Out My Window
I work in the Chrysler building, across from Grand Central. I was packing to go home when I heard what I thought was thunder but the grumble didn’t subside. The lights dimmed for a second. The noise continued, grew louder even, and I thought that it was perhaps a piece of HVAC equipment on the
But You Can’t Sue A Wire Service On Product Liability Grounds
Not really trademark law but may be of interest to those in communications or those who drink water and eat fish.
I read an AP report reprinted in Forbes on the Japanese earthquake and came across the following:
“Tokyo Electric Power Co. also said about 400 barrels containing low-level radioactive waste at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant
Well That Was Seven Minutes Shot To Hell, Now Your Turn
John Welch blogged about a trademark dispute between Leo Stoller and George Brett. The Seventh Circuit referred to George Brett’s famous pine tar bar incident. John linked to a YouTube clip of the incident and in a moment of weakness I watched the whole thing in slack-jawed amazement. Questions arise:
1. How is a batter