. . . of late the PTO has been turning away dot-com trademark applications like unwanted junk mail . . .
Entries Tagged as 'infringement'
Grooveshark and the Copyright Pirates
November 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Copyright, Internet, Popular
Just before the closing bell on Friday, Universal filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Grooveshark’s parent company, Escape Media Group
Tags:Copyright·copyrighted·Escape Media·Grooveshark·infringement·internet streaming·music·piracy·pirate·Pirate Bay·songs·UMG·Universal
The Patented Toothbrush, Part Two
October 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Arcana, Patent
One town in China — Hangzhou City — boasts that it has 358 patents on various toothbrush designs, such that virtually every citizen is an inventor of his own particular style of brush.
Tags:consumer trend·in-store interest·infringement·patents·toothbrush
Factoids About the Google Books Settlement
June 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Copyright, Internet, Popular
For those of you who are confused about what Google actually hopes to accomplish by digitizing more than 12 million books, and what the implications are for copyright holders, the Open Book Alliance has published a very interesting analysis of the proposed Google Books Settlement, which attempts to parse rhetoric from reality. The article can [...]
The RIAA Will Sue Your Grandma
May 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Copyright, Technology
If you remember that RIAA lawyers are so aggressive they will not hesitate to sue your deceased grandmother, perhaps that will deter you from your illicit quest to download “I Wanna Know What Love Is” for free
Tags:Copyright·infringement·music·RIAA
Hey, You Trademarked My Marathon!
February 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments · Popular, Trademark
What I’m really a fan of, though, are the quirky marathons with even quirkier names — the Twisted Ankle Trail Marathon™, the Wild Wild West Marathon™, the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon™, the Lost Dutchman Marathon™, Humpy’s Classic™, and the ever-popular (but not very populated) Extraterrestrial Full Moon Midnight Marathon™
Tags:competition·Flying Pig·infringement·marathon·Monte Carlo·Monty Python·Pheidippides·Trademark·trademarks
I Can Say Your Name!
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Trademark
If we pause a moment and reflect on the pervasiveness of trademarks and advertising in the world economy, we can begin to understand how – despite the lessons of history — trademark owners occasionally forget that simply trademarking a word or phrase does not remove it from the common lexicon. People can still use the [...]
Tags:Boston Marathon·fair use·infringement·likelihood of confusion·Trademark
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