Hobnobbing with the power boys
We’ve been blogrolled by the Hobnobblog (three b’s there), a commercial blog for The Capitol Net, a company that does Washingtonish things. I don’t look... Read more
Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
We’ve been blogrolled by the Hobnobblog (three b’s there), a commercial blog for The Capitol Net, a company that does Washingtonish things. I don’t look... Read more
I wrote a few weeks ago that perhaps the most compelling novelty of the power of the Internet is not the virtual absence of barriers... Read more
To inaccuracy, that is. Two howlers: Intellectual Property: A product or idea that has tangible commercial value. * * * Trademark: A name, label or... Read more
The New York Times catches onto Technorati. Read more
The work of my INTA subcommittee, on an issue raised by me (and followed through on mostly by others): INTA – Initial Interest Confusion September... Read more
Mercury News reports: A federal judge granted Google a significant victory Thursday, ruling that the search engine did not violate federal law when it sold... Read more
We’ve written about Apple’s attempt to command the “pod space” in terms of trademark by the transmission of aggressive cease and desist letters. Now it... Read more
New mandatory blog for federal litigators (including, of course, trademark and copyright practitioners) and others interested in the world of Big Law. David Lat, formerly... Read more
Here’s a somewhat interesting copyright battle, courtesy of Gothamist: A former NYPD detective tapped to take Ground Zero photos by disgraced former Police Commissioner Bernard... Read more
The UK Independent reports that Google is waking up to its Google-as-verb problem. Here’s a similar report in the Washington Post. Why did Google wait... Read more
Somehow the words “Meat Loaf” and “settle” belong together, but here it’s another sad litigation settlement, another juicy lawsuit undercooked. Read more
New unconstitutional legislation that no one would ever dream of drafting regarding any other medium is in the hopper, via Legal Fixation. UPDATE: Evan Brown... Read more
I will be part of a panel, along with a number of distinguished colleagues, at the above-named program of New Jersey’s Institute for Continuing Legal... Read more
An attempt to sell the famous (to New Yorkers) Crazy Eddie trademark on eBay was manifestly unsuccesful, it seems. It’s a serious question what you’d... Read more