Own (Up to) Your (Alleged) Infringement
The problem—as this blogger sees it—with most mass-media reports of court decisions is that they tell you the outcome, but they rarely if ever tell... Read more
Month: April 2017
Best of 2014: IP’s Ancien Régime
First posted on April 2, 2014. Instapundit linked to an abstract of a law journal article called “IP in a World Without Scarcity” by Mark Lemley at... Read more
IPod Patent Punctured
PC Pro reports Apple fails to patent the iPod interface Apple has failed in an attempt to patent the iPod interface after the United States... Read more
U.S. District of Arizona: “No automatic injunction upon a finding of copyright infringement”
Not that the plaintiffs in the Designer Skin case didn’t get an injunction: They did (here it is); a narrow one utilizing proposed language by... Read more
Google tumult
I’ve been focusing on Google and its ersatz trademark policy, but meanwhile the Google copyright train — arguably the bigger story — has left the... Read more
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... Read more
When Fakery Turns Fatal
The New York Times reports about an aspect of trademark enforcement which, among the disputes over rent-seeking and IP overreach, is often forgotten: The value... Read more
Conoce a los bloggers – INTA Barcelona 2017
Ay, Dios mio… viviendo el sueño. ¿Es realmente posible en nuestro mundo tanto triste y prosaico? ¡Di me, Elvis! ¡Di me la verdad! Yes, yes,... Read more
Posner’s “judicial interpretive updating” and the disparagement clause
Thank God for small favors. Like being far away from the Seventh Circuit these days if you or your client want to rely on the... Read more
Hooters Overreaching on Trade "Dress": You can look but you’d better not touch
IP News Blog at Pierce reports that the high-class joint Hooters has lost an attempt to claim trade dress rights in the colors worn by... Read more
The right to write
The online News of Australia reports (via Quizlaw) that a New York federal judge has granted a preliminary order preventing the enforcement of a New... Read more
Likelihood of extrusion
Reprinting my annual Passover post. The first seder is tonight, Monday April 10th. I’ll be offline and unaccountable for comment moderation, glitch control or anything... Read more
EU Not Soft on Patents
Matt Sheffield reports: Software Patents Rejected by EU. (Hat tip to Dean Esmay.) If you’ve read the blog before you know what I think about... Read more
How Upworthy Won the Internet
Upworthy has learned, as the infographic below demonstrates, how to work the levers of the Internet — building a brand out of nowhere. Can these... Read more