Prof. Raymond Nimmer has started a blog entitled ‘Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law.’
HOMEDEPOTSUCKS.COM UDRP
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Domain Names
Someone who believes that Home Depot sucks, prevailed in a UDRP brought by Home Depot. Respondent was represented by the University of San Francisco Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic. Via EFF.
This would be a useful decision to review prior to sending a demand letter to a gripe site, as there is good discussion of the three elements in the context of a gripe site.
I don’t believe Home Depot sucks but it seems to matter which location you go to. I have had basically positive experience with the Port Chester one. I stay away from the Yonkers location (not enough sales help) unless I’m also going to Costco and Stew Leonards there. The Danbury, CT Home Depot is good for large items, such as lawn mowers.
Copyright & Trademark Update from Orrick
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Miscellany
The Orrick firm publishes a Copyright & Trademark Update. Latest issue here.
Universal Copyright Convention Seemingly Ignored
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Posted in Copyright
Panexa: Ask Your Doctor For A Reason To Take It
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Coulrophobia
You can’t make this stuff up. A variant of the parody defense is the argument that the target of the parody doesn’t exist. More on a demand letter sent to a fictitious company here.
‘Free Expression In The Age Of Copyright Control’
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Copyright Fair Use
The Free Expression Policy Project of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School Of Law has released a report ‘Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control.‘
Validity of FIFA Trademarks
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in International
OHIM confirms FIFA World Cup Trademarks. Via Sportsbusiness.com.
Prior discussion of case by Lovells here.
‘China’s Logo Crackdown’
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in International
From Friday’s Wall Street Journal (sorry, I’m running behind), an article (no free online version available) entitled ‘China’s Logo Crackdown,’ discussing the absence of infringements of the logo for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The question is raised: if China can effectively stop the infringement of one trademark, can it effectively stop the infringement of other trademarks.
Office Depot v. Staples Re Keywords
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Search Engines
Via MassLawBlog, a post on a new keyword case, in which Office Depot has sued Staples protesting Staples purchase of VIKING as a keyword, Viking being an Office Depot subsidiary.
If You Can Work In A Relevant Reference To Lionel Hutz
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Lionel Hutz
then I will link to it, as with this post about NetFlix.