Creator of GHOST RIDER sues producers of GHOST RIDER movie, Marvel and others.
You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice .com
Youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com – website”dedicated to pointing out those things that give you that feeling of ‘haven’t l seen that somewhere before?, specifically allegedly infringing things” HT Boing Boing.


Debate On Utah Electronic Trademark Law Heats Up
“There Is No Such Thing As Easter Monday”
A couple of years ago I was representing a British client who was buying an asset from someone who was represented by an attorney at one of San Francisco’s preeminent law firms. When she called me to see when my client would wire funds, I said “today is Easter Monday, a bank holiday in the UK, so my client can not wire funds today,” she said:
“F*ck you. There is no such thing as Easter Monday.”
I think of her every year on this day.
Vote For Sanjaya Because He Is Bad
Finally, a pretense for writing about American Idol. O’Reilly had on a lawyer who argued that Fox may have had a cause of action against Howard Stern and VoteForTheWorse.com, because they suggest that people vote for Sanjaya precisely because he is bad. Stern allegedly is doing so to undermine Idol’s credibility. (pause). So the lawyer argues that Fox can use Stern for, I don’t know, I think she said ‘intentional interference with malicious intent.’ She also sugested that the jilted contestants might have an action for Stern for, I don’t know, contributory unjust enrichment, because Sanjaya received the spot that was rightfully their’s.
I looked at the American Idol voting FAQs. They don’t tell you who to vote for. The one rule is that you can’t use ‘power dialing.’ So Stern doesn’t seem to be encouraging anyone to breach a contract with Idol (having never voted on Idol, I don’t know if the voter enters into another contract that might have additional provisions).
Here’s an example of lawful speech: Based on that clip, Danielle Aidala may not have the surest grasp of the treatment of commercial speech and maybe you should think twice before retaining her or providing a television network as a platform for her views (O’Reilly, to his credit, seemed skeptical of her argument).
HT AboveTheLaw (including speculation as to why Ms Aidala is on TV).
Sati-red?
Dork Peppermint Patties
Frederick News-Post Online: “Hershey to sue over alleged logo infringement” (Hershey sues vending machine operator that distributes DORK PEPPERMINT PATTIES stickers).
Corbis Loses UDRP To CORBIS.NET
Corbis Corporation v. CORBIS Internet-MY c/o John Pickworth, WIPO Decision D2006-1631 (Corbis fails to establish reputation of CORBIS mark in UKL prior to 1999 registration date of Corbis.net).
Effect Of Domain Tasting On Domain Name Prices?
Information Week: “VeriSign Domain Price Increase Criticized” (Argument that domain name registants subsidize the practice of domain tasting – in which speculators hold domain for five days to determining whether it brings in sufficient traffic).
Interesting: Recycling by Rebranding

A carbon-neutral conference, Interesting 2007, will re-brand your old schwag, rather than create its own. Via Kottke.

