This AP story reports that Google banned an Adword ad keyed to ‘cruise vacation’ and ‘cruise ship’, linking to a website critical of Royal Caribbean. The article reports that the ads themseleves did not use the term ‘Royal Caribbean.’
AOL Loses Safe Harbor Protection in DMCA Case
The DMCA requires ISPs to implement a policy that terminates access to subscribers who repeatedly violate copyright. Part of successful implementation involves providing a means by which a copyright owner can notify an ISP of a potential copyright violation. In Fall 1999, AOL changed the email address that it had created to receive DMCA notices. It
I Don't Know, 20 Years?
So, now that the judge in the Lindows case has ruled that the jury must consider whether the WINDOWS mark is a generic term, if, after trial, the jury did come to that holding, and the judge entered it, and the final appeal on every aspect of the order was over, when would the
More To Discuss Amongst Yourselves About Parody
The Miss Piggy item has become the most linked-to and viewed Trademark Blog item ever. Sex sells, even if made of terry cloth.
Discussion continues around the blog world, such as this post from CalBlog, which argues that the Cat Is Not In The Hat case was wrongly decided. Although CalBlog takes issue with the legal
More on Budvar v. Busch re BUDWEISER and BUD
Parody – Discuss Amongst Yourselves
Parody fact pattern. Assume that this work does not originate with the owner of the trademarks and copyrights in Miss Piggy (I don’t know where it came from). A non-infringing parody borrows from the work only to signify the work, and comments upon the work. An infringing parody such as “The Cat Is Not In The
Law.com on Pennie & Edmonds
Law.com article discussing demise of Pennie & Edmonds, laying the blame in part to accrual, rather than cash, accounting.
BUSH Diapers
There’s an easy pun to be made regarding GEORGE BUSH diapers. Story via BBC.
TILLAMOOK Cheeseburger?
The saga of TILLAMOOK cheddar of Tillamook County, Oregon, continues, via Mercury News. Previous TILLAMOOK dispute here
Another Important Domain Name Inadvertently Expires
A sad story often re-told. The Washington Post uses washingtonpost.com for its website but uses the domain name washpost.com for email. This story reports that email communications were knocked out when the renewal notice for the domain name was sent to what the Washington Post describes as “a drop box that was not being monitored,”