On the one hand, kanes-furniture.net might infringe the trademark rights of Kanes Furniture.  On the other hand, given that kanes-furniture.net appears to hae been instrumental in channeling consumer complaints to the Florida AG which led to a suit against Kanes Furniture, there is an element of retaliation to this trademark suit which led to the…

From the article referenced in the next item:

“We need to put in speed bumps to keep people honest,” said Jack Valenti, the president of the Motion Picture Association of America, which is lobbying federal regulators to require many devices to incorporate technology that prevents consumers from sending digital media files over the Internet. “If …

This NY Times article is a must-read on digital rights management.

Law school hypo – Customer buys, let’s say a Tivo-enabled receiver from a satellite or cable tv provider. Vendor does not reveal to customer that the box contains DRM technology which vendor can enable remotely.  Vendor does so, effectively prevent customer from engaging in legal behavior, such…

Via BNA Internet Law News we learn of a decision from the Eastern District of Louisiana, Greg Lloyd Smith v. Intercosmos Media, civ no. 02-1964 Section C, 2002 US Dist LEXIS 24251 (ED La Dec. 17).  Plaintiffs brought state tort claims against Defendant, a domain name registrar.  Plaintiffs claimed to have been libeled by various …

UDRPlaw.net, a terrific resource for all things UDRP, has published its list of  “the more interesting, controversial and relevant domain name decisions of the past year.”  Keep your eye on the last case on the list involving BARCELONA.COM, now on appeal.  As the case stands now, the owner of a Spanish national trademark has…

The Ninth Circuit’s order in the SEX.COM case and some comments from Bag and Baggage.

This article reports that Verisign, registry operator of .com, is returning to the NETWORK SOLUTIONS brand for its registrar unit.  If so, it’s UK operations will have to do without the domain name NETSOL.CO.UK, which, as reported here, was dropped and registered by someone named NameGrab.  As to the reputation of the…

More on the sex.com litigation via Law.com.  The Ninth Circuit has punted the case to the California Supreme Court.  At issue is registrant’s abilities to obtain compensation in part from NSI, due to its allegedly negligent handling of his domain name which was the subject of a fraudulent transfer.  The fraudfeasor has no visible assets…