RSS- Company Can Use Rival's Trademark as Web Page 'Placement Strategy'
(October 13, 2006)
Jodine Mayberry of Andrews Publications
A business that gets its Web site link to show up in Internet search results by using a competitor's trademark in its keywords does not infringe the mark under federal law, a New York federal judge has ruled.
- Court Rules Google's Use of Trademarks As Keywords Is Non-Infringing
(October 02, 2006)
Eric Sinrod of FindLaw
"A federal judge in New York has just ruled that Google's practice of selling trademarks as keywords that trigger links to particular Web sites other than those of the trademark holders does not constitute infringement because Google does not actually ""use"" the trademarks within the meaning of the law."
- Land's End Gets Trial in Unusual 'Typosquatting' Case
(September 20, 2006)
Donna Higgins of Andrews Publications
"Retailer Land's End will get a trial in its case against defendants accused of profiting from the company's online affiliate program through a scheme that gave ""typosquatting"" a new twist.
""Typosquatting"" is the practice of registering misspellings of famous trademarks as domain names. Most typosquatters do this to divert Internet users who are seeking the trademark owner's Web site or to attempt to sell the domain name to the trademark owner.
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- "When ""Free"" Downloads Are Also Legal"
(September 08, 2006)
Cecily Mak of FindLaw
Free music is now becoming more and more acceptable and mainstream - and believe it or not, it is legal. If this trend continues, it could very well be a long overdue answer to the plight of an arguably devastated music industry.
- Creative Commons ¿ Seeking To Build A Layer of ¿Reasonable Copyright¿
(August 28, 2006)
Eric Sinrod of FindLaw
Have you heard of Creative Commons? If not yet, you may soon. Creative Commons consists of a US charitable corporation and a UK not-for-profit company that has the underlying message that ¿some people may not want to exercise all of the intellectual property rights the law affords them.¿
- StreamCast to Face Court Over Patent Piracy
(August 14, 2006)
Altnet of Altnet
Altnet, Inc. today announced that it has commenced patent infringement proceedings against StreamCast Networks, Inc and its chief executive, Michael Weiss.
- UC libraries partner with Google to digitize books
(August 09, 2006)
University of California of University of California
The University of California libraries today (Wednesday) announced their partnership with Google to digitize books from the libraries' collections. UC becomes the latest partner in the Google Books Library Project, which was launched in December 2004 to digitize books drawn from the libraries of the University of Michigan, Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University, and the New York Public Library.
- Reducing Software Piracy Equals More Jobs and a Stronger Economy
(January 01, 2006)
Eric Sinrod of Duane Morris LLP
You might think that obtaining software from a friend or colleague without paying for that software is fairly benign and a way to get something for nothing. Think again, especially when considering the global, collective ramifications of software piracy.
- Legal Woes Mount for Sony BMG Resulting From Its CD Software
(November 01, 2005)
Eric Sinrod of Duane Morris LLP
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony BMG) is feeling some recent legal heat with respect to software it included in millions of music CDs. Last week alone, Sony BMG was sued in Texas and in California.
- Is the Internet Putting Your Corporate Identity at Risk?
(February 01, 2005)
Douglas R. Wolf of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
With the Internet opening so many doors to the expanding global economy, your corporate identity may be more vulnerable than ever before.
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