Phillips Academy of Andover, Mass. is a boarding school whose alumni include President Bush and Humphrey Bogart (!).
KIPP: Philips Academy is a charter school in New Orleans, part of the Knowledge is Power Program network of free charter schools targeted at ‘under resourced’ communities.
Phillips of Andover is not tuition free and
Via Nerdlaw, article on dispute over ‘Lost,’ TV show about airplane crash survivors who encounter strange creatures, noting that Gilligan’s Island bears eerie similarity.
Interesting discussion thread on the INTA list on the use of trademarks on ‘replica model vehicles.’
My original reaction to the proposed .XXX Top level domain was that it was something of a harm reduction initiative not worth over-selling – it will not reduce the amount of adult material on the Web, but might make it a little more difficult (but not impossible) to access such material in certain sequestered networks (schools, libraries
Mark Partridge via CircleID on gripe site case involving BioCrystPharamceuticals.com.
Text in Lamparello v. Falwell, Fourth Circuit decision in which registrant of FALWELL.COM receives summary judgment agaisnt Rev. Falwell, dismissing infringement and cybersquatting action.
A resourceful guy built some furniture completely out of FEDEX boxes.
Then he built a website named FEDEXFURNITURE.COM.
Then FedEx protested on trademark, copyright and terms of service grounds.
Then Standford’s Cyberlaw Clinic helped him out.
Now he’s doing the talk shows.
The analysis likely differs for furniture made of boxes he
RethinkIP is offering RSS versions of various Trademark Office news feeds.
Pakistani Daily Times on attempts to protect BASMATI Rice as a trademark in Pakistan. Basmati is a seed varietal and not what is ordinarily thought of as an appellation of origin.
News.com on licensing of LINUX trademark in Australia by Linus Torvalds. Discussion on Slashdot.