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Marc Edelman at Abovethelaw: On Friday, February 22, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. (“MLBAM”) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (“MLBPA”) filed a... Read more
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
Marc Edelman at Abovethelaw: On Friday, February 22, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. (“MLBAM”) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (“MLBPA”) filed a... Read more
You can’t have missed the story, in all its agony. One weensy problem with the blogosphere: It’s so quick, so supple, so instantaneous, so plastic…... Read more
Nominative fair use — the “unauthorized” use of a trademark as a trademark specifically to invoke the trademark, as opposed to its “non-trademark” use to... Read more
In mid-December I wrote about the chuckles unintentionally provided to the Second Circuit during oral argument of the appeal by Louis Vuitton of the rejection of its... Read more
(UPDATED, revised). That’s what Bob Cox is reporting in this story in the Examiner; more here. Google said it would not run anti-MoveOn ads because... Read more
Mack Reed puts his finger on it — almost — in the Online Journalism Review: The Web has made unauthorized propagation of information — whether... Read more
Eugene Volokh joins the pile–on regarding a website that claims to exempt its contents from the liberating effects of the fair use doctrine. The North... Read more
A report in the online Financial Express says that Nissan is suing Audi over “Q.” To wit: “We are seeking to bar Audi from using... Read more
Alec Rogers: In recent decades, Major League Baseball has made great strides in developing its business operation. No longer content to make money from tickets,... Read more
The Kinderstart lawsuit over Google search engine placement has been dismissed, with leave granted to amend. Originally posted 2011-10-31 23:13:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Here’s a roundup of what other people are saying about the decision in Network Automation, Inc. v. Advanced System Concepts, Inc. involving keyword advertising using... Read more
Walter Olson: Ouch. Ben is an odd guy. UPDATED: But evidently he — or, more likely, his “people” — is not such the slouch in... Read more
I’ve written a little bit about the Righthaven lawsuits before. Now, as reported in the Las Vegas Sun, on behalf of the Media Bloggers Association... Read more
How much use is fair use — i.e., permissible use — when it comes to graphics and photographs you “find” on the Internet? Not too... Read more