Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
There’s a lot going on, conceptually, in this article entitled “The $800M question: What’s the difference between trademark and copyright?” in VentureBeat: Ten years ago, when Sun sued Microsoft over…
The statutory copyright damages awards merry-go-round Thomas-Rasset circus is not the only case that seems to be stuck in an infinitely-recurring loop. As Pamela Chestek explains, “the STOLICHNAYA case end…
Originally published on July 22, 2011; see update at bottom!) It can only mean one thing when you read this in a news article: On Friday morning, the RIAA released…
Word is out that the Ninth Circuit has just affirmed the opinion in Akanoc Solutions — which I first wrote about here — for the most part. Jane Coleman addressed…
Anyone working in intellectual property law is familiar with the questions surrounding agreements to create, maintain and use customized databases. Yes, the client owns the data; yes, the database specialist…
We’re off topic now. Rare, but sometimes… it’s the right thing. It’s always tempting to use a platform such as a popular blog for special pleading, and the temptation is…
We all knew this day would come, even if not everyone wanted it to: The sponsored top-level domain .xxx is up and running, although addresses in the new sTLD aren’t…
It’s here! Jane Coleman on Secondary Trademark Infringement, the free (for now) online (for now) treatise has been updated for the coming year. Whereas last year’s update featured a host…
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