Katy Perry licensee files John Doe action in anticipation of infringers at upcoming show in Michigan. Memo discusses appropriateness of TRO in relation to common law rights (Perry has regs for entertainment and pre-recorded media, but only pending apps for clothing).
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Defendant uploaded entire Las Vegas Review Journal editorial to website discussion. Righthaven sues. In addition to dismissing on standing (see here for similar ruling in another Righthaven case), Court holds that while normally, ‘wholesale copying militates against fair use,’ in this case the three other factors (nature of work, purpose of copying and effect
I backed out these numbers from the ICANN draft 2012 budget. ICANN anticipates 500 applications at $185k per. ICANN is supposed to handle them on a ‘cost neutral’ basis. The $185k will allocated as follows:
50% ($93k) on processing the applications over two years
15% ($28k) on recapturing historical expenses in developing the new
I will be discussing Game of Thrones the new gTLDs on CNN International at (approximately) 8:40 EST tonight.
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THE GATE for Iowa public tv show v Fox show THE GATES.
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Plenty of time. January 12 is not a deadline, it’s the beginning of the application window. We can put you in touch with turnkey providers and technical consultants. Coverage here.
The Government Advisory Committee to ICANN sent a letter (below) to ICANN advising it not to approve the new TLD Application Guidebook before certain questions were answered. Some commentators suggest that this may occur on Monday regardless while others think this might not be a good idea.
Here is a list of announced and/or
Owners of the luxury brands CHLOE, ALFRED DUNHILL, PANERAI and MONTBLANC sue Pakistani website TRADEKEY.COM and various ‘trading corporations’ in the CD Cal. Plaintiffs allege that Tradekey, a B2B ‘marketplace, facilitated counterfeiting by managing and ‘optimizing’ listings for goods it knew to be counterfeit. A TradeKey representative allegedly advised plaintiffs’ investigator that ‘replicas’ and ‘mirror