The IP situation in the law is, how do I put it, screwed up. The U.S. taxpayer finances the creation of the case law, but there is no unfettered free public access to comprehensive indexed databases of decisional law (the access to US COA decisions being a much-appreciated first step).
As for commentary on the…
“Now Why Didn’t I Think Of That?” by Sander Gelsing, a Canadian patent and trademark lawyer.
Hypo 1. Acme Lock-Up, a private for-profit security and incarceration provider to municipalities, releases an advertisement that states “Fewer prisoners are killed or seriously injured in our facilities, than in those of our competitors.” This statement is false and Acme knew it was false when making it (the “False Claim”).
Hypo 2. Same facts as Hypo 1…
Copyfight clarifies claims made regarding the Marvel v. NCsoft CITY OF HEROES litigation (unclarified background here).
Man works on high-power line. Man’s cell phone rings. Cell phone explodes, injuring man. Man sues Nokia. Nokia says that its batteries don’t explode, but counterfeit cellphone batteries do. Via The Register.
Transcript and Webcast of House hearing on Trademark Dilution Revision Act available here.
Excerpt from testimony of Anne Gundelfinger (of Intel), president of INTA, discussing dilution by blurring:
Let us take Intel¡¯s PENTIUM mark as an example. (I use PENTIUM as an example not to promote it here as a famous mark, but rather
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AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 683, AS REPORTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, THE INTERNET, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.–This Act may be cited as the “Trademark Dilution Revision Act
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Invent Blog on what to do about eBay usernames that incorporate trademarks.
A domain name homograph spoof involves the use of a domain name that visually resembles another, presumably well-trafficked, domain name, such as paypa1.com for paypal.com.
The vulnerability exists with the use of only one alphabet but the potential for misuse multiplies with the use of Internationalzied Domain Names (IDNs).
As this VNUNet article reports:…
Today, the Brian Leher show on WNYC began podcasting. The subject of the first show was, uh, podcasting. The guest, Paul Boutin, of Wired, gave an introduction to RSS and Podcasting (and there was some discussion as to how Apple might feel about the name PODCAST).
Speaking of which, look at this:
| Word Mark | PODCAST |
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