Organization for Transformative Works
This is very interesting: The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) is a nonprofit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing... Read more
Author: Ron Coleman
Copyright in cease and desist letters? Not quite.
A law firm’s press release says: The US District Court for the District of Idaho has found that copyright law protects a lawyer demand letter... Read more
Dembot: Why do Video Platforms Fail?
A blog called Dembot asks the obvious question –Why isn’t the Internet a TV plus a movie theater already, only better? — and posits TOP... Read more
Thanks, Thomson!
Thomson CompuMark’s home page lists this blog among a cozy coterie of worthy trademark resources. “Legal News and Perspective,” they call it. Thank you, Thomson.... Read more
Parlous times
New York magazine: It’s mortifying enough to be busted carrying a faux designer handbag (um, not that we would know or anything), but imagine how... Read more
Saving pixels
TechCrunch: Congratulations are in order to YouTube-competitor Hulu, which took just five months to come up with a name after announcing itself in March. CEO... Read more
Through WINDOWS®, darkly
Mr. Thorne, legal marketing wordsmith extraordinaire, wonders: Why would a court opinion use the magic ® symbol to refer to one registered trademark and not... Read more
The CDA “content” divide
When does an interactive website pass across the great divide of “content provider” versus “Internet service provider” under what’s left of the Communications Decency Act?... Read more
Crunch time on speech — again
Instapundit.com – YES, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A GROWING POLITICAL CONSENSUS in favor of shutting up the [sic] hoi polloi. I don’t even consider myself... Read more
CREATINE writing
The TTABlog examines, so to speak, an almost metaphysical TTAB discussion of when a trademark is or is not “unitary” for purposes of the requirement... Read more
Knockoffs, nu?
Counterfeit Chic posts Knockoff News 59! Originally posted 2013-04-24 14:31:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
No one blinks
Reuters reports that the Tiffany trademark suit against eBay is really going to trial. Really! I am sure no one expected this. I certainly didn’t.... Read more
Lots of law
Via Boing Boing, what seems like a significant announcement for lawyers and other living things not employed by large firms: Public.Resource.Org and Fastcase, Inc. announced... Read more
Not much hope for “Famous Marks” in the Empire State
The TTABlog reports that the New York [State] Court of Appeals, on certification from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (don’t confuse... Read more