Originally posted 2014-01-03 09:49:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHere’s what you missed if you’re not yet floating in my social cloud: @VenerAbility: “The twin forces which could destroy Twitter are immature game-playing and PC taken to extremes.”http://bit.ly/Ax0rc @MegLG When trade marks go bad: Hells Angels lose bid to have logo items returned http://ow.ly/lltj @cyberlaw More SCO […]
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Originally posted 2010-08-17 18:21:16. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCan a building be a trademark? Can a photo of a building be a trademark? Can a drawing based on a photo of a building be a trademark? I’d be inclined to answer no, no, maybe. Well, when the Supreme Court of your local country says it […]
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Originally posted 2014-12-03 12:54:52. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEric Goldman: A Colorado judge has reached the remarkable conclusion that a hospital publicizing its star ratings and other recognition from a third party rating service in its marketing material might be committing copyright and trademark infringement. This is a little like saying that it could be […]
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Originally posted 2011-06-07 11:23:48. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAn interesting development on the search-engine trademark infringement beat: In a weird development that looked impossible two years back, search engine giant Google Inc. last week agreed to cooperate publicly with Click Forensics, a click-fraud detection company with which it has had a rocky relationship. . . […]
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Originally posted 2011-01-17 19:33:42. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWe don’t mince words at LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® regarding the misuse of copyright and trademark, but we’re having trouble finding anything wrong with this at-first-blush shocking story from the Reuters “news agency”: Federal officials on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of violating copyright laws for placing […]
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Originally posted 2011-05-31 11:07:54. Republished by Blog Post PromoterTalk about “Dear John” letters! In the June issue of Royaltie$ magazine, Oliver Herzfeld (of Beanstalk) and Richard Bergovoy (of the Licensing Law Blog) sure know how to grab your attention, if you license trademarks or just love someone who does: An envelope arrives from bankruptcy court. […]
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Originally posted 2005-04-26 19:45:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe AP reports that Apple has responded to a new book about Steve Jobs entitled iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business by yanking all the books by the publisher, John Wiley & Sons, off the shelves of its Apple stores. MacWorld […]
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