The Verisign SiteFinder “typosquat” rhubarb continues.
Update: I had to change the name of this piece as Bret Fausett, who joins me in slack-jawed amazement at this whole thing, beat me to the joke with his take here.
Kim Davies, of CENTR (the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries), has posted a
Third Circuit rules that Defendant’s use of Disney’s clip previews on its website were not fair use. Interesting ‘copyright misuse’ discussion of the following clause in Disney’s license agreement for its trailers:
The Website in which the Trailers are used may not be derogatory to or critical of the entertainment industry or of [Disney] or
SAMSUNG prevails against Man Singh before High Court in Delhi, regarding defendant’s sale of SAMSUNG mixers and grinders. Via Sify.com.
Yet more on Verisign via the NY Times, Slashdot, The Register and Cox Crow.
Article from Manorama Online on growing popularity of luxury brands in India.
This Silicon Valley News article reports that the Internet Software Consortium, developers of BIND domain name software, is releasing a patch intended to block Verisign’s SITE FINDER service (or, as ICANN Watch puts it, Verisign’s typosquatting).
Professor Lessig may be distracted right now enjoying his new status as father, but at some point I
Google WESLEY CLARK and see who has apparently purchased his name as Google keywords.
Use Domain Surfer to see who has registered WESLEY CLARK domain names in the com-net-org space.
See the unofficial Wesley Clark weblog.
See where the mis-typed WESLYCLARK.COM name points to.
Theft of trade secrets complaint against Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs via FindLaw.
The Trademark Blog has made it to a law school syllabus.
Federal Circuit reverses TTAB’s refusal of BLUE MOON and Design for beer based on prior registration of BLUE MOON and design for restaurant services, on the ground that beer and restaurant services are not all that related.