Inman Real Estate News reports on a web site hosting company specializing in create websties for real estate agents, that is allegedly holding customers’ domain names ‘hostage.’  The article states that some agents ‘suspected’ that the hosting company had registered the domain names in the company’s name rather than in the agents’ names.

A domain…

CIA (Culinary Institute of America) views ACI (American Culinary Institute) as imminent threat to its trademark.    ACI press release here. x

CIA recipes here.

More domain name disputes between politicians, via Washingtonpost.com.

New York Lawyer article on disclaimers for law firms’ websites.  The article contrasts Mayer Brown’s 4000 word disclaimer to Davis Polk’s “The information on this site does not convey legal advice of any kind.”  I looked at its site, it doesn’t.

I’m not sure whether, on the whole, passive law firm websites by themselves create more…

Resource guide for the Madrid Protocol, courtesy of Carl Oppedahl.

Via Internetnews.com, an article on the use of RFID technology to combat drug counterfeiting.

The Scobleizer runs a test of Google v. Yahoo and encourages other bloggers to do the same.  It’s interesting to see what search terms people use and what they consider to be acceptable results.

Article on use of an ‘in-the-field’ authenticator to spot counterfeit whiskey, via Beverage Daily.

Pictured right, my favorite single malt, the real Lagavulin.