2d Circuit discussion of New York State common law and international copyright issues.

Capitol Records v. Naxos, 03-7859 (2d Cir. June 21, 2004).

Master Card hooks up with NameProtect to fight phishing, via Internetnews.com.

Definition of Phishing here.

Phish discography here.

The Indiana Supreme Court decision below is notable for its use of the phrase ‘Sgt. Schultz defense’ to refer to the practice of reducing one’s liability by avoiding involvement in an act, and then stating, like Sgt. Schultz in Hogan’s Heroes, “I know nothing.”  However I can no longer think of Hogan without thinking…

Via news.com, report that WhenU has received an injunction of Utah’s anti-spyware law.

On the one hand, a trademark owner has a duty to exercise quality control over a licensed product manufactured by a third party.  On the other hand, some courts will apportion product liability to the trademark owner relative to its role in the manufacture, design and distribution of the licensed product (which could encourage the…

From Google’s SEC Filing:

We also face risks associated with our trademarks. For example, there is a risk that the word “Google” could become so commonly used that it becomes synonymous with the word “search.” If this happens, we could lose protection for this trademark, which could result in other people using

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Tiffany sues eBay.  At issue is: who should bear the burden of policing marks on eBay?  The Reuters article claims that at one point, 73% of all jewelry marked as TIFFANY on eBay was counterfeit.

Via KillerMookie via Flynnberg, a very funny parody of The Matrix.