Top Cyberlaw Developments of 2006
Ron ColemanEric Goldman has them. Of special interest: “Buying for the Home—an advertiser’s purchase of trademarked keyword was a trademark use in commerce, but in a counterclaim, the plaintiff’s purchase of…
Socialism in one country
G. Mathew Lombard reports: “According to this web site, 70% of all China’s internet bandwith is used to transfer pirated movies.” Can’t be what Chairman Mao had in mind, except…
Customer Contempt Dept.
Doc Searls: “Somebody suggested to me that VRM is “the opposite of DRM” Digital Rights Management, rather than or in addition to the reciprocal of CRM Customer Relationship Management.” Nice…
More fantasy sports litigation
We wrote in the past about the bogus “right of publicity” issue and the unsuccessful attempt by major league sports to claim ownership in statistics and grab a piece of…
The year in mascot-bashing
A website called Redwebz (“red”? that sounds kind of stereotypey, doesn’t it?) (link fixed!) writes that the “anti-mascot movement made headway in 2006,” and does a good job of summing…
Superior to lump of coal: Blawg Review Awards 2006
“It’s a new tradition on the last Monday of each year for an anonymous editor to announce the Blawg Review Awards for the best law blogs in numerous categories.” This…
Deep-linking deep-sixed
CNET News.com reports: U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay in the northern district of Texas granted a preliminary injunction against Robert Davis, who operated Supercrosslive.com and had been providing direct links…
Blogger transparency mandated by FTC
News report: A company that helps advertisers connect with bloggers willing to write about their products for payment will now require disclosures amid criticism and a regulatory threat. Before this…
High class blawging
Blawg Blawg Review #88 is a lot snazzier, jazzier and just plain classier than usual.
Two famous IP questions answered in one lawsuit
Anton Hopen reports that GM won an important verdict in a trademark case involving a toy Hummer. The jury awarded over a million and a half dollars for the infringement…
Yes, you can get your trademark judgment enforced in a foreign country!
Uh, not really. Not in this lifetime. But you can get it enforced in Canada, which is the next best thing.
The return of the scandalous mark denial?
Perhaps the “immoral and scandalous” rule is nothing to sniff at, after all. The Times asks: Will the COCAINE tradememark take a powder? I don’t know, but you have to…
The best laid iPlans
… of brand managers, gang aft agley. UPDATE: But wait, there’s… more?
Whaddya know!
Ron ColemanThe Mustang Ranch trademark case has finally been resolved — and it turns out that prostitute proprietor Lance Gilman gets to claim the trademark for the whorehouse he done boughten…