IPod Patent Punctured
PC Pro reports Apple fails to patent the iPod interface Apple has failed in an attempt to patent the iPod interface after the United States... Read more
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Social networking your way to summary judgment
That’s summary judgment, or worse, against you or your client. Last February we reported on a decision in which a federal magistrate judge ruled, unsurprisingly,... Read more
Jobs and copyright
You must have heard about this already? Apple’s demand that record companies do away with copyright protection for songs they sell online has set up... Read more
Generic genericness
What is “generic genericness”? I just coined the phrase. It refers, I maintain, to a genericness defense against infringement made by the junior user of... Read more
The ultimate license
We’ve written before about the preposterous concept of asserting that stuff you buy and put into the trunk of your car and stick in a... Read more
Unlocking DRM in Switzerland
Boing Boing: Switzerland’s government has silently adopted a brutal copyright law based on America’s failed Digital Millennium Copyright Act — but with 50,000 signatures, the... Read more
Likelihood of comprehension
You must read Marty Schwimmer’s “Annotatation of ‘How Apple could fight Cisco.'” You’ll learn a lot about trademark law if you do and just may... Read more
Infinite loop (updated and bumped)
Originally published on July 22, 2011; see update at bottom!) It can only mean one thing when you read this in a news article: On... Read more
The tweetest thing
Here’s your chance to catch up on some of the microblogging — i.e., intelligent retweeting, the highest form of Twitter — of topical relevance I... Read more
Blawg Review #2
Welcome to the sophomore edition of the Blawg Review. We assume you have brought your sharpened, #2 lead pencils, your registration card, and a valise... Read more
Good Job, Steve
As predicted in this space, Wired News reports that the publicity generated by Apple’s ham-fisted exile of a new book about Steve Jobs from its... Read more
Mine goodness!
The New York Times: The “my” prefix has become an easy and increasingly popular shorthand for suggesting that bond between consumers and corporations. Matthew Zook... Read more
He’s got the situation well in hand…
On August 8th, 2005, I blogged the following, which I’m updating tonight: Travis brings our attention to a new Apple product called the Mighty Mouse.... Read more
Next, Legalization of Blindfolds
Hmm, how will the politically correct spin this one? The President has signed into law the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, a bill that legalizes... Read more