Observations re Politics of ICANN Rejecting .XXX
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Posted in Domain Names
Effectively Ending My Career With The Coasters
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Right of Publicity/Privacy
Via Nerdlaw, the Truth in Music Advertising Act, a law in several states barring performance using a name of a band if the performer was not a member of the original ‘recording group.’
No Creation Of U.S. Law By Paris Convention
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Posted in Paris Convention
43(B)log discusses application of Paris Convention in a trade secrets case (the Paris Convention does not create a general tort of unfair competition beyond anything else found in the Lanham Act).
‘If You Can’t Tell The Difference, Why Pay For It?”
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Posted in Counterfeits
You Have To Give Email Recipients A Chance To Opt Out
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Advertising
News.com: Kodak pays $26k to settle charges that it sent out 2 million unsolicited emails that did not provide recipients with a method of opting out of future emails.
Gowlings Portal On Domain Names
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Posted in Domain Names
The Gowlings firm has created a portal for various domain name news and tools, including a summary of all dot-ca arbitrations.
New Information Law Blog
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Posted in Miscellany
Info / Law , written by Fellows from the Berkman Center, soon to be law professors.
On Unconscious Plagiarism
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Posted in Copyright
Design Observer: “I am a Plagiarist.”
Text of Decision in Apple Corp v Apple Computer
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Contracts
This case is a must-read, and I would venture that it is a must-teach, in contract drafting classes, from now on.
Read the whole thing, but if you are in a rush, reading the portion of the original agreement between Apple Corp and Apple Computers, particularly clause 4.3, and then read paragraphs 81 to 105 of the decision, for the key as to how the Court interpreted clause 4.3, which said that Apple Computer could use the logo to transmit music, but it couldn’t use it to sell CDs.
Apple Corp v. Apple Compueter, [2006] EWHC 996 (ch) (08 May 2006).