Just received a ‘broadcast’ email from INTA about the upcoming Facebook “landrush’ on personalized URLs. I think that this is sorta unusual: other than in the context of domain names, I can’t recall INTA taking a proactive stance on a ‘private’ matter before this. Could be wrong:
Dear INTA Member:
The International Trademark Association would
“What Will Journalism Look Like?”
FastCompany.com: What Will Journalism Look Like?
Twitter CEO On Authentication Of Names Of Twitter Commercial Accounts – Should Twitter Charge or Should Twitter Pay?
From a WSJ interview between Walt Mossberg and Twitter CEO Evan Williams and co-founder Biz Stone. Mossberg had asked Williams about whether commercial accounts on Twitter would be a good idea.
MR. WILLIAMS: The theory is this: There is a lot of commercial usage on Twitter today. There are lots of big brands on
Trademark BlogFest World Tour – Seattle – Monday 6 to 9
Details here. And if you can’t make it then but want to meet up in Seattle – email me at marty at symbol schwimmerlegal dot com.
You Will Be Able To Follow The INTA Meeting On Twitter
INTA will be tweeting updates about the annual meeting – follow here.
And don’t forget to follow the Trademark Blog here.
Resources For Tonight’s Discussion on the Facebook ‘Content’ ToS Issue
“The Updated Facebook Policy: Who Owns Your Posted Information”
The talk will be at 6 PM tonight at NY Law School, Wellington Conference Center, C Building, 5th Floor.
The Facebook Terms of Service.
The Consumerist Blog piece that started the flap.
Mark Zuckerberg post on the Facebook blog.
Facebook Bill of Rights.
SF
Some Net Policing Tools via Plagiarism Today
What Was It I Was Thinking About?
Something to ponder this weekend:
First, there’s this must-read piece by Clay Shirky. It’s a little bit about content, more about the disingration (and atomization)of the newspaper business).
Then, check out the various links contained in this Time piece about the Stewart/Cramer dust-up (note especially Prof Balkin’s meditation on the corruption and degradation of
Fun To See How This Skittles Twitter Thing Turns Out
OK, your advertising company, quoting the whole cluetrain conversation thing, proposes that you change your homepage to a realtime reproduction of the Twitter search results configured for your brand. In other words, if someone tweets “I love BRAND”, it shows up on your home page within seconds.
What do you think? You know that the
There’s No Problem
I’ve just been really busy with this law thang.