Defamation online
It’s our future. Instapundit rounds up developments, which Julie Hilden is all over. I’ve made my point on this topic — less a legal than... Read more
Tag: Internet Law
Best of 2009: Impolitico
Posted September 17, 2009. I first read about the brouhaha over the Politico trademark claim against the College Politico blog on Instapundit: ED MORRISSEY: “Who... Read more
McCain comes clean
Senator McCain finally admits his hierarchy of values: The Constitution is nice, but a mainstream media monopoly on opinion is nicer. (Via Instapundit.) No wonder... Read more
Best of 2008: No Social Networking Privilege
On Point reports that a New Jersey federal magistrate has, to the surprise of no actual attorney I could imagine, ruled that MySpace and Facebook... Read more
The Worm Turns on “Initial Interest Confusion”
Harold Feld, vice president of the Media Access Project, writes about “initial interest confusion,” on the Wet Machine blog: Two recent developments are worthy of... Read more
“I didn’t make him for you”
Google is not a utility. Or an agent of the state, or a thing that owes anyone anything except to the extent they pay for... Read more
S&L v. Australian Gold: You, the Jury
Here’s S&L Vitamin’s Trial Brief for the trial scheduled for next week in the above-entitled cause. (Or you can read it at the bottom of... Read more
Tanked?
Cartier sued Apple last week, and before I had a chance to figure it out, they either un-sued them or announced that they were about... Read more
Some intel on INTEL®
BUMPED from January 1, 2010 and UPDATED due to decision (scroll to the bottom for the stunning conclusion): Had you heard about this one from... Read more
Impolitico
I first read about the brouhaha over the Politico trademark claim against the College Politico blog on Instapundit: ED MORRISSEY: “Who owns the word ‘Politico’?”... Read more
Blame it on chain
You’d think a catalog page would be a great way, in a trademark registration application, to show use of a trademark “in commerce” associated with... Read more
Plugging leaks
[Here’s a blast from the past — RDC]: In the New York Times: In a move that legal experts said could present a major test... Read more
Adverference?
Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), I finally figured out what was going on with banner ads... Read more
Louisiana’s lawyers’ guild
Last year we screamed and shouted along with a bunch of other people and prevented New York from passing “ethics” rules that would have essentially... Read more