The stupid Berns
IP overreaching, like politics and intellectual property, makes strange bedfellows. Thus the email from my comrade in litigation against IP overreach, but at the same […]
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Ron Coleman
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A Republican feint on copyright?
Originally posted 2014-07-24 15:34:58. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI tried, and perhaps had some success, in making the point right before the election that there […]
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Spam a little lovelier?
Originally posted 2007-04-19 11:04:33. Republished by Blog Post PromoterClickZ reports: Spamhaus Chief Information Officer Richard Cox … [informed] me that Hormel, makers of SPAM (the […]
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"Opening up a dialog"
Originally posted 2008-04-02 18:17:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter An in-house friend passes this along, with the note, “A good entry for your continuing series […]
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Let loose the blogs of war
Originally posted 2007-01-15 19:23:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Apple-Cisco litigation is all that. Word is that Cisco is carefully courting bloggers in the publicity […]
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The Oatmeal thing, and stupid law
Originally posted 2012-07-02 17:00:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSometimes an objectively big story implicating this blog’s “beat” completely escapes me. That’s what happened with the […]
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SUPER BOWL® trademark post XI: Consumer Reports and the super-duper exemption
Originally posted 2012-01-30 15:50:19. Republished by Blog Post PromoterYes, it is that time of year again — the SUPER BOWL® trademark overreaching (dare I say […]
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Upper crust: the POCKET SANDWICHES (and maybe croissants) saga (Part 2 of 2)
Originally posted 2011-07-18 13:32:48. Republished by Blog Post Promoter I owe this essay to everyone who believed in creating a dream, and helped build his […]
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Carl Vennitti
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Best of 2005: Culture Killers or Pains in the Neck?
First posted on February 17, 2005. Wired reports on a new book whose thrust, evidently, aligns decently well with my own little personal views (and […]
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Owning ratings
Eric Goldman: A Colorado judge has reached the remarkable conclusion that a hospital publicizing its star ratings and other recognition from a third party rating […]
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Lego my Trademark
Europe just keeps generating stories. Their IP system is different, you see, though the march toward harmonization in a global market continues apace. Evidently, Lego […]
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Bad law. Bad.
Eric Goldman picks this one up — lobbyist to Utah official: “I don’t think they had thought it through, in terms of how it will […]
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Continue reading » Is PRIDE property? (UPDATED)
Group claims trademark rights in NYC PRIDE, sues competing promoters for using the phrase during NYC’s “Pride Month.” Plaintiff’s complaint and moving papers at this […]
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Hardball at the TTAB
Far be it from me to put words into the mouth of John Welch, whose powers of expression are more than adequate to make the […]
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