The Register on side efects of self-help policing infringement on peer to peer networks.

They won’t announce attendance figures for a while but it seemed as if many many corporations and firms did not allow their people to attend the International Trademark Association annual meeting in Amsterdam.  The fact that Hong Kong is now identified as Hong Kong, SAR (special adminstrative region) on people’s badges was one more annoyance for attendees from that region.  This was the first INTA ever held outside North America and it’s too bad it occurred under these conditions.

This is the first item I’ve ever posted from Baku Today, regarding the LUX trademark, to be used in connection with chicken, dairy products, ice cream, and a ‘new sort of beer.’

More on the Arsenal football team trademark case via bbc.com.  Background here.

I typed in my friend’s SSID number and I had broadband. This WiFi thing is great.

I’m clearing out for Europe, wending my way eventually to the INTA meeting in Amsterdam.  I’m bringing my wifi card, my ethernet cable and two cans and a string so if I can figure out a way to blog, I will.  If not, see you May 10. 

If you are going to be in Amsterdam, give a holler (or an email).

My anonymous source, Tom at Encirca, tells me that landrush period for the .PRO registry is showing that old sign of strength for a domain – interest in generic names.  So names like commercial.law.pro and tax.cpa.pro and healthy.med.pro are going fast (I made those up as examples, btw).  Encirca is an accredited registrar for .pro, so Tom ought to know.  There is both a sunrise period and a UDRP for .pro.

Via Snark Hunting, commentary on Intel, owner of the INTEL INSIDE mark (one of the most successful ‘ingedient brands’ of all time), going after the ART INSIDE gallery of Massachusetts.  Photo via the Boston Globe.