Prof Patry points out one of the leaked MediaDefender emails:
“In one case, a Universal executive asked if there was any data showing the music industry’s lawsuits were resulting in less file-sharing activity from addresses ending in .edu — namely, colleges and universities. Mr. Saaf forwarded the message to five MediaDefender employees with the message ‘Take a moment to laugh to yourselves.'”

WSJ: Antipiracy Group Suffers Email Leak:
[O]ver the weekend, information about MediaDefender’s efforts was splashed across the Internet via a leak of purported employee emails. Among the alleged revelations: the company was developing a Web site, MiiVii, that would allow people to upload and download copyright movies, TV shows and music. But when people installed it, the software could also secretly track people’s activity and report back to MediaDefender.

Silicon Valley.com: Chinese Script Writer Wins Suit Against Sohu.com:
“A Chinese court ordered Sohu.com to compensate a script writer for lost income after the Web site sold romantic mobile phone messages he wrote without paying him, the writer and his lawyer said Friday.
The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate Court ruled on Thursday that Sohu should pay writer Fu Zhanbei 100,000 yuan, or $13,000, for selling his work without permission and ordered the company to issue a public apology, lawyer Wang Zhan said.”

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TTABlog: “TTAB Finds the Color Purple to be Functional for Sandpaper”:
“Opposer Saint-Gobain claimed functionality because “purple is a by-product of the manufacturing process, and purple is used in color-coding.” . . . The Board, however, found that “with respect to competitive need … opposer has set out a prima facie case that coated abrasive manufacturers have to be able to use various shades of purple, including applicant’s.”
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As to color coding, the Board was not convinced that third parties would necessarily have to use purple, but it did find that “[i]n the field of coated abrasives, color serves a myriad of functions, including color coding, and the need to color code lends support for the basic finding that color, including purple, is functional in the field of coated abrasives having paper or cloth backing.”
The Board further observed that “[a] deep purple color would be one of a small number of dark colors that would help manufacturers dye their products to avoid streaking or other imperfections.”

Converting Magazine: “Role of Nanotechnology in Brand Protection”
“Using nanotechnology, companies can now apply covert information, such as batch information, directly onto products and packaging. They can, for example, encrypt nanoscale codes onto pharmaceutical pills for tracking and tracing. They can also create nano bar codes, which are invisible bar codes that are technologically complex but can be used to easily authenticate products and packaging. “

Slashdot: “Creationists Silence Critics with DMCA“:
“As richarddawkins.net reports., an organization called Creation Science Evangelism Ministries has been submitting DMCA copyright requests to YouTube resulting in the Rational Response Squad being banned after they protested against videos being taken down and accounts being closed by YouTube. Rational Response Squad are attacking creationism (AKA intelligent design) and promoting the atheist viewpoint.”