This article regarding Disney possibly opposing the Genessee District Libary Book Mouse isn’t as meaningful if you can’t see the actual mouse.

50 Chinese fans enter the World Cup stadium in Kwangju, South Korea, and security is alerted.  Preparations are made to intercept them and then averted at the last second.  Why?  Because they were all wearing hats bearing the trademark SAMSUNG, and Samsung is not an official sponsor of the World Cup.  “They’re walking billboards now”…

David Schwimmer (the actor, not my five month old son), played a character named Martin in a movie.  As a result, movie reviews of “Six Days, Seven Nights,” (mostly pans), dominated any Google search for “Martin Schwimmer.”  Finally, as a result of this blog, I have vanquished him to the third O in…

Most of this Gigalaw how-to article on linking and framing isn’t objectionable, but the best practice suggestion, “Don’t Deep Link Without Permission,” seems like overkill.  There is no caselaw to suggest that deep linking is per se illegal.  The two cases cited involved more than linking, but presumably misappropriation of data. 

Disclaimer: Not being your…

House of Lords affirmed WWF victory.  Now the newly-renamed WWE is tempting fate by running bus ads featuring the McManos (with Sopranos imagery).

PWC Consulting is changing its name to MONDAY.  If you have a better name, please hit the envelope button to the left and send it in.  Best entry so far: HACKY SACK FRIDAY.

Update: I am not endorsing this parody site, just providing a link to it.

Other Icann-watchers are targeting Esther Dyson’s column in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal for various quotes such as “ICANN is weak and powerless” (this from ICANN’s first chairman).  I’m puzzled by this one: “ICANN can control not so much freedom of speech as freedom of presence of the Internet.”

I don’t know what Ms. Dyson is…

Strange blurb in the National Law Journal.  Givenchy (a sub of LVMH) owns US registrations for GIVENCHY for perfumes and watches.  Time Products alleges it has the rights to import and distribute GIVENCHY waches in the US (presumably from Givenchy’s European watch manufacturer).  Givenchy distributed watches in the US as a giveaway with a purchase of…