Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
Andy Carvin analyzes the Supreme Court’s decision, announced today, on the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case. Hat tip to Boing Boing. Justice Roberts, writing for himself in a patchwork of majority opinions, wrote, “A principal…
What are “The U.S. Constitutional Limits of Product Configuration Trade Dress Rights”? John Welch provides a brief introduction and a link to a leading-edge article on the topic.
KnoxNews, via Instapundit: This is one of the most ignorant moves by officials that I’ve seen in a while. It will be quite entertaining to watch the Kentucky blogosphere on this one, and to watch…
Technology law maven Bill Galkin sends along this article about how businesses can walk the line between email marketing and the crime against civilization of spamming.
Reuters: Animated footage promoting the logo for the 2012 London Olympic Gameswas removed from the organizers’ Web site on Tuesday amid concern it could trigger epileptic fits. . . . Critics of the emblem have…
Copywrite writes about, albeit somewhat telegraphically, and links to a work that straddles the storied parody / satire axis, finding the work creative, amusing, and probably infringing.
Brand Management and Branding
The AP reports that Disney could have some IP issues in a jurisdiction where, regrettably, I am not licensed to practice. Or to breathe: Hamas militants have suspended a TV program that featured a Mickey…
Radar Online reports that “The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has added the pentacle, emblem of the pagan belief system, to its list of religious symbols approved for military headstones.” Thus ends the Wicca controversy.
Trebor Lloyd introduces copyright law for non-lawyers. A little breezy, yes, but far be it from me to criticize a man for that. I like his writing presentation and his smile. He’s the founder of…
I posted this last year. Change the dates and it still works great! Just as I started hitting some kind of [blogging] pace, I’ve been hit by pre-Passover preparations, plus the need to front-load my…
As in stick-a-fork-in-it: A U.S. judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the fairness of how Web search leader Google Inc. calculates the popularity of Web sites in determining search results, court papers show. In…
Brand Management and Branding
SUPER BOWL! SUPER BOWL! SUPER BOWL! Now that they “own” the English words “Super Bowl” — terrifying everyone from even the fairest of use with the threat of linebacker-sized litigation — Marty Schwimmer reports that…
The South Carolina Appellate Law Blog hosts Blawg Review #96! It’s a Presidential theme. Yesterday was President’s Day.