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Thursday, August 19
Grokster: "Stinging Blow to Anti-Piracy Efforts"?
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Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 19 Aug 2004 09:11 PM EDT
This article from Reuters reports on the decision issued today by the Ninth Circuit in the Grokster litigation: US Court Rejects Movie, Music Makers' Piracy Claims. Modern technology says: "Get on board or get out of the way." more »
More on Mexico.com
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Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 19 Aug 2004 09:03 PM EDT
Further an earlier post, this article by Javad Heydary for eCommerce Times on the Mexico.com UDRP decision illustrates the conflicting views around the world over protection of geographic indications, perhaps the hot international trademark issue for the next decade. Domain Name Geography: Mexico Loses Fight over Mexico.com. more »
PATENTS.COM: Federal Circuit Opines on Trademark Significance of TLD's
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Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 19 Aug 2004 03:12 PM EDT
The law firm of Oppedahl & Larson sought trademark registration of PATENTS.COM as a mark for services offered by the firm at its website www.patents.com. The Federal Circuit affirmed the Examiner's refusal on the grounds that the mark as a whole was merely descriptive for "computer software for managing a database of records and for tracking the status of the records by means of the Internet." In re Oppedahl & Larson LLP, 71 U.S. P.Q.2d 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2004). The Court holds that the PTO must evaluate the commerical impression of the mark as a whole, including the TLD indicator. Normally, ... more »
Trademarks and Free Speech
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Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 19 Aug 2004 10:15 AM EDT
Rodney Weidemann with ITWeb in South Africa provides this article entitled "Helluva Case for Freedom of Speech" highlighting the conflict often present when trademarks are used to criticize the trademark owner. more » |
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