Second Life case settles
The IMPACT® blog reports a settlement in the Second Life dispute. Originally posted 2010-03-28 10:00:14. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Ron Coleman
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Lady Voldemart
We wrote about the piggish nature of billionairess J. K. Rowling last fall in connection with her Death Eater-like persecution of an unauthorized fan site. […]
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MTA’s way or the highway
I’ve been watching these guys at the MTA and their IP enforcement program for a while now. Once was for a client, who, regrettably, didn’t […]
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Theologically misdescriptive
Talk about “scandalous and offensive” marks!: [P]hrases containing some form of “God” have been trademarked [sic] more than 3,400 times in the United States: “God […]
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More, more, Moore!
One of my favorite ever topics here on LOC has been the litigation brought by the University of Alabama against painter Daniel Moore for unauthorized […]
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Fight for your right to parody. Or don’t.
Sometimes, just when a copyright dispute is getting very interesting, the parties go and do the unthinkable: They resolve their differences like reasonable people, and […]
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Matthew David Brozik
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Mooning off into the sunset
The lawsuit by the Naked Cowboy against candymaker Mars has been settled. Terms are undisclosed, the filing of a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice a […]
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More fantasy sports litigation
We wrote in the past about the bogus “right of publicity” issue and the unsuccessful attempt by major league sports to claim ownership in statistics […]
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YouTube, the DMCA and politics — again
Slashdot reports: It appears that CBS and Fox have submitted DMCA takedown notices to YouTube for videos from the McCain campaign. The campaign is now […]
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“The Facebook Police” and likelihood of confusion
There are more developments on social-networking brand management, as you would expect. Nick O’Neill at the All Facebook Blog writes: This morning I got an […]
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Even in slow motion, fair use is confusing
Via Twitter, Rick Sanders pretty much writes a guest post for us — read his whole thread: Photographer took time-lapse photograph of a neighborhood at […]
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The Trademark Crackup
Marty Schwimmer comes through again with this pickup: A great article by Uli Widmaier about how courts have forgotten the “use” part of the Lanham […]
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More on virtual infringement
I’ve already written about what they’re writing about it, and now, so has Victoria Pynchon. Originally posted 2013-01-13 22:41:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Ingenious, fair thoughts on fair use
The Fire of Genius, a new blog by Joseph Scott Miller (no, it’s not about any particular genius), aprofessor at Lewis & Clark Law School […]
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