The Registry Pro Sunrise period has been extended to Friday.  The registry goes live July 31.

Mega Bloks has prevailed over Lego in the Federal Court of Appeal in Canada in a matter regarding the look and feel of the studs and its interlocking toy blocks.  Coverage here.  The decision should be available here at some point.  Discussion of the lower court decision is here.

The Mega/Lego dispute has…

Yahoo will buy the paid-search company Overture for $1.63 billion in cash and stock.  Coverage here and commentary by Marketwatch.com here.  Extensive coverage from SearchEngineWatch.com here.

This is why you can never tell a client that you will definitely win. The District Court may display a ‘considerable misunderstanding’ of the likelihood of confusion analysis and you lose. 

Virgin Enterprises owns the famous VIRGIN mark which it uses on a wide range of goods and services, including electronic equipment megastores.  It also sells…

The Sunrise period for the .pro domain name, the domain name for professionals, draws to a close tomorrow.  One registrar, Encirca, is having an end-of-sunrise period sale, offering prices much lower than other registrars.  There are two types of ‘sunrise’ protections, ProGuard and ProBlock (but no SunBlock), explained here.

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“Nursing Home.” an installation by Gilles Barbier, at the Whitney Museum.  Commentary here, here, and here.  Alternate title for Professor Lessig:  “Important copyrights gather to testify before Congress on Term Extension.”

Filmmaker in new legal tussle with pie-maker.  Story here.

This case is too procedurally complex to be summarized here.  However let me quote some interesting language regarding registrar immunity under ACPA. 

L’OREAL brought an action in France against the registrant of LOREALCOMPLAINTS.COM.  Pursuant to that action, NSI, in accordance with its policy, deposited control of the domain name with the French Court.  Registrant brought a…