Absolutely Non-Boring Patent Story!
Bill Heinze writes about Patent Terrorism and whether it fits into the model, oft discussed here, of improper use of the intellectual property system as a sort of arbitrage.
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Ron Coleman
The Matrix Downloaded
Data security and privacy are not big topical interests of mine. Anything Europeans are obsessive about can’t be all that important. Throw in the ACLU, that predictable bizarro-world weathervane of right and wrong, and I’m…
Written by: Ron Coleman
Death of an Icon
A story from the L.A. Times / Washington Post syndicate, evidently sent to press before the Pope’s death, told of the increase in sales of John Paul II-related merchandise. This includes perfectly reasonable and understandable…
Written by: Ron Coleman
Culture Killers or Pains in the Neck?
Wired reports on a new book whose thrust, evidently, aligns decently well with my own little personal views (and not just mine): Brand Name Bullies. Says the review in Wired: To prove his point that…
Written by: Ron Coleman
“I Have a Dream ©”
The online Globe and Mail has an important item on how documentary filmmakers and others are being slammed by the IP equity grab, called “How Copyright Could be Killing Culture”. Okay, maybe “killing culture” is…
Written by: Ron Coleman
More on Email Privacy for the Dead
The New York Times (linked to by Drudge) has an article entitled The Secret Lives of Just About Everybody which opens, compellingly, as follows: One mislaid credit card bill or a single dangling e-mail message…
Written by: Ron Coleman
Media Bloggers Legal Defense Project
The Media Bloggers Association is setting up a stable of attorneys “to provide MBA members with first-line counsel on matters relating to the use of intellectual property, defamation and other issues arising from their weblogging.”…
Written by: Ron Coleman
Evel Knievel’s tarnished reputation
Yahoo! News reports that the Ninth Circuit (them again!) has ruled that an online photo caption referring to him in the presence of two women as a “pimp” means “pimp in a good way.” They…
Written by: Ron Coleman
Google me this
If trademark / Internet cases are not at the top of things to stay on top of in late December, you may have missed this potentially important decision giving Google an out of the box…
Written by: Ron Coleman
Strict construction
No, not more about that constitutional dustup at the Volokh Conspiracy. The delivery guys were supposed to be here yesterday with a blog roll and a direct link on the top to the firm website….
Written by: Ron Coleman