Video self-censoring services: VidAngel deleted
From Variety and really, all over your Internets: The VidAngel filtering service will remain shut down, following a ruling Thursday from a three-judge panel upholding an injunction against... Read more
Author: Ron Coleman
Sun, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, trademark, patents, copyright and David Boies
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,... Read more
Steal your Face right off your head
If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a blog post so well developed that I can’t rephrase it, riff on it or summarize it,... Read more
I have met the bloggers, and they are us!
Nice event last night at “Meet the Bloggers VII” otherwise not in the least bit known as the “IP Law BlogFestivus.” You may want to check... Read more
Moral rights in Massachusetts
Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual Rights Act, which–well, Lee says... Read more
Key decision
“Google makes money not by reason of the nature of the keyword, but by someone clicking on the keyword,” Google lawyer Alexandra Neri told a... Read more
Trademark: “From The River to the Sea”?
Here’s the story: No. Whatever that is, “From the River to the Sea” is not a trademark. I explained in this video: John Welch has... Read more
The Google exception?
Way back when the Google Books issue first burst forth, I expressed considerable skepticism that their plan to scan the universe of books and put... Read more
Scalping consumers
Private-label branding is a huge topic, and a very interesting one. I wrote a huge post about it here, focusing on Hellman’s (or, for you... Read more
Garbage in, garbage out
I moan constantly about Congress’s refusal to do its job and make policy decisions about trademark and copyright via legislation that reflect the technological and... Read more
Revoke this, I implied. Or something.
Only a real IP lawyer like Pamela Chestek can write about revoking an implied nonexclusive copyright license. And mean it. Originally posted 2011-03-24 17:58:18. Republished... Read more
Yes, Virginia, domain names do matter
That’s one thing I learned at the New York Intellectual Property Law Association’s “Hot Topics in” all kinds of stuff CLE seminar last Wednesday, July... Read more
Monkeys and copyright: On the issue of standing
Dennis Crouch: Patent Litigator Andy Dhuey is also representing Photographer David John Slater who has been sued by the monkey Naruto for copyright infringement. In the 9th Circuit... Read more