I will be speaking on “New Tools and Theories In Battling Non-US Online Infringements”, with a bonus discussion on the new gTLDs, before the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association, in New Haven, CT, on Wednesday November 2,
Reminder: Live Nude Domain Name Sunrise Ends October 28
The ICM Registry, owner of the soon-to-be-launched .XXX top level domain, is operating a ‘Sunrise’ period that will end this Friday, OCTOBER 28.
WHAT IS A SUNRISE PERIOD FOR A DOMAIN NAME LAUNCH?
To mitigate cyber-squatting, a domain name registry opens the store doors early to trademark owners who can apply and reserve domain
Law Offices of Peter Ferracuti v Drew Ferracuti Law Firm
Andrew Ferracuti used to work for The Law Offices of Peter F. Ferracuti (pictured above). Now he’s opened the FERRACUTI LAW FIRM. Same region, same field of law. Peter Ferracuti sues. Two PI lawyers, no doubt related to each other, going at it. Plaintiff received a registration last week for THE LAW OFFICES OF PETER
Palika Market, Delhi
Just a small number of the stalls at the Palika Market in Delhi.
Trademarks I Met in Hyderabad, India
Sound horn, because they can’t tell you’re there otherwise.
The market at Charimar. Those are three wheeled cabs.
There is a high demand for housing, satisfied in part by hostels seeking P.G.s or paying gents.
There is a modern part of Hyderabad, known as Hitec City. This is taken from the Westin Hotel, looking at,
I’m Going To Be Speaking at AIPPI in Hyderabad, India, Oct 15
I’m going to be discussing Social Media, along with Jane Mutimear of Bird and Bird and Fred von Lohmann of Google. Program here.
https://www.schwimmerlegal.com/2011/10/5510.html
Getty Images Facing Upwards To 80 Million Trademark Claims?
Readers of the blog know that the CAR FRESHNER people, owners of the mark consisting of the product configuration of a tree-shaped air freshener, know where the court is located, having sued various third parties selling tree-shaped fresheners. It has now sued Getty Images, owners of one of the larger stock photo agencies. Getty
Perhaps Soon To Be a Preoccupied Wall Street Journal As Well
Details of the OCCUPIED WALL STREET JOURNAL here.
emma v EMMA
We use MyEmma for our email blasts, fwiw. Emma, an email/communications company sues Microstrategy for releasing EMMA, what it describes as a ‘mobile marketplace’ app.
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