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Thursday, August 17
California Pop Group Challenges CBS over Supernova
by
Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 17 Aug 2006 09:00 AM CDT
An Orange County, California, pop group asserts trademark infringement against the CBS show "Rock Star; Supernova", explains this report from www.chartattack.com. More here at www.mtv.com. more »
Wednesday, June 28
Off Shore Patent Holders: More news that the world is flat?
by
Mark VB Partridge
on Wed 28 Jun 2006 01:00 PM CDT
The Intellectual Property Owners Association has issued a report on the "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2005." The top ten are: Looking over the list, I wonder: is this more news that the world is flat, as claimed and demonstrated so well in Tom Friedman's book? more »
Friday, March 31
Purchasing Competitor's Name As Keyword May Infringe
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Mark VB Partridge
on Fri 31 Mar 2006 09:00 AM CST
An online realty agency, TheMLSonline.com, purchased keywords matching the name of a competitor from Google and Yahoo. Last week, the District Court for Minnesota issued a decision allowing the case to proceed to trial on Edina Realty's claim of trademark infringement. This may be the first case to reach trial on the keyword issue. See Edina Realty, Inc. v. TheMLSonline.com, 2006 WL 737064 (D. Minn. Mar. 20, 2006). For more, see Eric Goldman's excellent report on his Technology & Marketing Law Blog, and this article at Cnet News.com.
more » Monday, March 27
"The Seasoned Woman" Claims Infringement
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Mark VB Partridge
on Mon 27 Mar 2006 09:00 AM CST
Dr. Theda Palmer has used the name "The Seasoned Woman" in connection with workshops, seminars, focus groups, and collateral products since at least 1995, and owns two federal trademark registrations relating to the mark. More recently, Gail Sheehy has published a book entitled "Sex and the Seasoned Woman." A Google search reveals that her use now dominates search results for the phrase "The Seasoned Woman." US Newswire reports that Dr. Palmer has sued for trademark infringement. Story here. more »Monday, March 13
Spammer Faces 15 Year Prison Term
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Mark VB Partridge
on Mon 13 Mar 2006 09:00 AM CST
Thursday, March 9
Yahoo Bans Use of Trademarks as Keywords for Comparative Advertising
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Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 09 Mar 2006 09:47 AM CST
Yahoo has modified its editorial guidinelines with the following statement:
Search Engine Watch has more on the story here. more »Friday, March 3
BlackBerry Settles
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Mark VB Partridge
on Fri 03 Mar 2006 05:01 PM CST
Monday, February 27
Plagiarism, Fair Use and Copryight Infringement
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Mark VB Partridge
on Mon 27 Feb 2006 08:00 AM CST
In 1971, the owners of the copyright in the 60s hit "He's So Fine" sued former Beatle, George Harrison, over the song "My Sweet Lord." In 1990, the owners of the copyright in the 60s hit "Oh, Pretty Woman," sued the rap group 2 Live Crew over a song cleverly entitled "Pretty Woman." One of these cases resulted in an award over $1/2 million The other case resulted in nothing. Why?. The answer can be attributed to the differences between plagiarism and fair use. Plagiarism is an ethical issue. Copyright infringement and fair use are legal issues. Plagiarism is an act ... more » Tuesday, February 14
Parody Sites
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Mark VB Partridge
on Tue 14 Feb 2006 01:29 PM CST
We previously commented here and here on the famous JibJab parody of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." Joanna L. Ossinger has a nice article, "The Problem with Parody," in The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2006. She notes that some parody sites, including JibJab, end up on both sides of the copyright protection issue, fending off infringement claims from the original owner, and also pursuing infringement claims against sites copying their parody. more »Wednesday, December 21
Robert the Band
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Mark VB Partridge
on Wed 21 Dec 2005 05:32 PM EST
I usually limit my comments here to matters relating to trademark,
copyright and internet law, but please allow me a point of personal
privilege to introduce you to Robert the Band.
You see, the band's drummer is my son Chris, 14. The band recently produced its first CD featuring 6 original songs. You can hear some of it and learn about them at www.myspace.com/roberttheband. The band is selling the CDs at a low price to raise money for more studio time. If you'd like a copy, complete with handmade cover slip, please send your mailing address and $4 to:... more » Friday, December 9
US Urges ICANN to Combat Fraudulent Registrations
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Mark VB Partridge
on Fri 09 Dec 2005 04:48 PM EST
Wednesday, November 16
Internet Governance Debated
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Mark VB Partridge
on Wed 16 Nov 2005 04:01 PM EST
Tuesday, October 25
Foley Sues Foley
by
Mark VB Partridge
on Tue 25 Oct 2005 09:32 AM EST
Tuesday, October 11
Justice Roberts Article at Law.com
by
Mark VB Partridge
on Tue 11 Oct 2005 09:51 AM EST
My recent article on Justice Roberts and IP has been published on Law.com:
Where Does Roberts Stand on Intellectual Property Issues? Mark V.B. Partridge Special to Law.com 10-10-2005 Available here; may require subscription. more » Thursday, October 6
Naked Licensing and Lost Rights
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Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 06 Oct 2005 09:00 AM EST
In class this week we talked about the black letter trademark law rule: Valid trademark licensing requires quality control. Easy to say, but what does it really mean? What is "quality control"? We got around that rather easily. We don't care about the quality, only the control. But how much control is needed? Well, experience and case law preaches this: not much. As I've said before, how can the Chicago Cubs control quality over the logo on licensed baseball caps, if they can't control the quality of a baseball game? A joke of course, but still . . .will the ... more » |
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