Susan Crawford: Why I Voted For XXX
Ron ColemanOriginally posted 2007-03-31 23:09:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. Susan Crawford explains, at considerable length, why she voted with the minority at ICANN on the defeated proposal to open up…
Divine trademark
If you believe in the divinity of the Angel Moroni, that is. Because his image is a trademark of the Mormons, and they’re pretty serious about protecting it. And here…
New blawg for Oregon law
Of course it’s called the Oregon Business Litigation blog! UPDATE: Now it’s called the Northwest Business Litigation blog! It’s a project of Ater Wynne LLP.
Trademark lobby picks one up in Utah
Per Michael Atkins: On March 19, Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed a bill into law that bans some forms of key word advertising. The Trademark Protection Act, SB 236,…
Mock smocks spur suit
The New York Post reports that Diane von Furstenberg is suing over knockoffs of her designer smock dress things: The famed designer thinks cheapie-fashion store Forever 21’s $32 “Sabrina” smock…
RIAA lawsuit decision matrix
Ron ColemanBBspot finds the Rosetta Stone of the RIAA’s litigation strategy. This “explains” a lot. Hat tip to Boing Boing.
Rhapsody of confusion
In which we consider the musical question: Gershwin as a Trademark?
War Is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength
And free speech is a form of negotiable intellectual property, right? Maybe I can give up the blog. There is no percentage in clever commentary when the claimants provide the…
Some people think this is some kind of joke
And it isn’t the lawyers! Pointy-hat-tip to IP Notions.
Drink to me only with thine eyes
A week or so ago it was the sad story of Jimi Hendrix on the bottle. Now the TTABlog reports on another famous-dead-guy-as-booze-trademark case: Applicant Anatoliy Bondarchuk failed to fend…
Against Monopoly
I figured — finally! Someone who feels my pain! Those little red green plastic houses that always get lost. The paper money gets all mixed up. And those cheesy Atlantic…
Foul baller
A former major leaguer goes from giving up runs to running from the law. From pitch counts to multiple counts. From pitching and hitting to counterfeiting. From — You get…
DMCA not such a good idea, after all
Boing Boing is all over the story that’s all over the Internet today: “DMCA’s author says the DMCA is a failure.” (Hat tip to Instapundit.) That’s Bruce Lehman, whom I…
Knockoff News 54
It fell off the back of a truck!