Maybe we need something to take our minds off impending war but the fake Puma ad story is taking on a life of its own. Instapundit implies that Bill O’Reilly thinks the ads are real (CORRECTION: Mr. O’Reilly was really talking about PONY and it’s use of a porn star for its ads. I guess PONY
J.K. Rowling and AOLTW are moving in Dutch court to enjoin publication of “The Magic Double Bass, a book featuring a girl named Tanya Grotter, an orphan with magical powers and a strange mark on her face.” She also flies on the cover of her book and her name is written in a letters with sharp
The Illinois High School Association began a basketball tournament in 1908. By the 1930’s, it was referring to it as March Madness. By the 70’s, it had become an official name for the tournament. It’s unclear (to me) when the NCAA (and Brent Musberger) began referring to its tournament as March Madness but
Kottke.org claims that french fries were developed in Belgium, apparently a controversial assertion according to this history of french fries.
FareChase uses software to “scrape” pricing information from American Airlines’ website. AA has now enjoined FareChase in Texas state court on a trespass theory. Denise (attorney for FareChase), has all the relevant papers, including a copy of the Temporary Injunction. Quote from another FareChase attorney:
. . . the court has, by this order,
Somebody created two ads showing a woman performing a sex act on a man. Both are wearing PUMA sportswear, the PUMA stripe prominently displayed. The ads were forwarded to Adland with the comment that these ads ran in a Maxim-like publication in Brazil, a claim plausible only if you consider the high-fashion quality of the
Citigroup v. City Holding, 9 Civ 10115 (RWS) (SDNY Feb 7, 2003) (available at Courtweb). Citigroup fails to cancel CITY INSURANCE registration and apparently tolerates use of CITY-variant marks by City Holding of West Virginia (see photo left). Double edged sword: Citigroup had previously had to argue that it could co-exist with a CITY-variant mark in the
Via Copyfight, the text of the proposed “Benefit Authors Without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations” (“Balance”) Act. ISTTRNOTB (I’m serious, that’s the real name of the Bill). Key provisions include Section 3, which expands and clarifies a consumer’s fair use rights to make home archival copies, Section 4 which clarifies the
Via BipLog, here is infringement art.
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