Super-hero crime-fighting team Microsoft and Amazon team up to sue spammers, via News.com.

Registrant of GATWICK.COM accuses BAA, operator of Gatwick Airport, of dirty tricks, and accuses of WIPO of bias in selecting UDRP panelists, via The Register.

The complex fact pattern (put forth by one side’s attorney) seems too complex to come to any sort of conclusion but I do have one reaction regarding the accusations…

Survivor, the band (biggest hit – Eye of the Tiger), loses on summary judgment (upheld by 7th Circuit) against CBS, with regard to CD products for the SURVIVOR TV show.

Frank Sullivan v. CBS, No. 02-2058 (7th Circuit, Sept 24, 2004).

People who downloaded Survivor songs on iTunes also bought music by Kroskus, Ambrosia, ZZ…

Dear Rolex:

If you are trying to get in touch with me today, please either fax, call, write or take out a magazine ad.  Do not, repeat do not email me.  Someone sent me 21 emails today offering me ‘genuine replica’ Rolex watches and they were all sent to the spambox.  If you sent me…

Unusual blog title here.

Great title for company press release: TOMMY BAHAMA Helps Crack Counterfeiting Ring.

CNN.COM reports:

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would increase jail time for identity thieves and Web users who register sites under false identities.

The bill, which passed by voice vote, would not directly outlaw the use of fraudulent registration information.

Rather, it would increase by up to seven years

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NY Lawyer reports that the Southern District Court of NY has issued interlocutory rulings allowing trial as to whether Kryptonite Locks exceeded coexistence agreement with DC Comics, makers of the element Kryptonite (substance used to remove powers of people from the planet Krypton).  CEO of DC Comics’ Kryptonite division depicted above.