Third Circuit reverses denial of prelim – district court had not considered non-customer confusion.  d Ct took 4 years (!) to deny prelim.

ARROWPOINT CAPITAL CORP. v. ARROWPOINT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit 2015 – Google Scholar.

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TechDirt reports on demand letter sent to publisher of movie review that ran a still from the movie (depicted above).

Pro tip: When you receive a demand letter from the representative of a ‘stock photo’ agency, ask them to provide the copyright registration, proof that the photo in question is covered by that particular registration, and proof that the photographer assigned his or her rights to the copyright claimant.

ICANN asked that the FTC look into whether anything Vox Populi (registry for .SUCKS) may done as illegal. The FTC responds: “now you ask?”

Add this incident to the “What is ICANN, Anyway?” case file. Is it a regulator? A standards-setting body? A trade association? A FIFA-like Chimera that sees itself operating outside the laws of the world?

Is this exchange with the FTC kabuki?

ftc-icann-sucks-27may15.pdf by martyschwimmerSorry the embed feature seems to be broken follow the link to the document

The 50 earliest Sherlock Holmes stories are in the public domain. The Conan Doyle Estate alleges that the last ten stories are still under copyright. It alleges that a novel about Sherlock Holmes in his retirement, A Slight Trick of the Mind, and the upcoming movie based on that novel, copy elements of those last ten stories.

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