09 Sunday Sep 2012
Posted in Artists, Copyright, Litigation, Stories from the Week that Was, Trademark
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My favorite stories from last week:
Think hard to fly: Chinese scientists unveil mind-controlled drone
NY court to decide if lap dance is tax-exempt art
Ben & Jerry’s sues porn-flick production company over trademark infringement
Sanrio, DC Comics, and Disney Sue Party Company For Counterfeit Costumes
If you’ve got a top intellectual property or technology story from last week, please leave a comment below.
02 Sunday Sep 2012
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My favorite stories from last week, just a few as I’ve been busy since school started up again:
Think hard to fly: Chinese scientists unveil mind-controlled drone
Artist resale royalties in America: California law struck down. National legislation proposed
If you’ve got a top intellectual property or technology story from last week, please leave a comment below.
26 Sunday Aug 2012
Posted in Copyright, Stories from the Week that Was
Some of my top stories from last week:
Can We Use that Picture on Our Website? “Fair Use” in a Pinterest World
Apple v. Samsung verdict is in: $1 billion loss for Samsung
What the Apple-Samsung verdict means for your smartphone
If you’ve got a top intellectual property or technology story from last week, leave a comment below.
28 Saturday Jul 2012
Posted in Bloggers, Copyright, Indiana, Social Media, Stories from the Week that Was, Trademark
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Another quiet week spent in Portland, Oregon. Here are the top stories I followed this week:
Jack Daniel’s Sends the Most Polite Cease-and-Desist Letter Ever
The changing landscape of Internet sweepstakes regulations
Pakistan spy agency chief to tell CIA: End drone strikes; ID targets for us to attack
Copyright troll: $10,000 sanctions upheld by appeals court are “bulls**t”
If you’ve got a top intellectual property or technology story from last week, please leave a comment below.
15 Sunday Jul 2012
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Here are the top stories I followed this week:
Ukrainian Students Develop Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Speech
Officials: Past 12 months warmest ever for U.S.
Accused of downloading porn, Kentucky woman sues the pornographers
Here comes Skynet: Army drones almost ready to share sky with airlines
That’s Not My Phone, It’s My Tracker
What were your top stories of the week? Leave a comment below.
08 Sunday Jul 2012
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Here are the top stories I followed this week:
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Patent Bullies Can Hit and Run
Defunct copyright troll Righthaven seeks resurrection
Hold Your Flow! Yoga Sequences Not Copyrightable
Drones decimating Taliban in Pakistan
U.S. drone ‘hijackings’ raise security concerns
Charles Carreon drops lawsuit against @TheOatmeal’s Matthew Inman
Facebook Users Hijack Walmart Campaign to Exile Pitbull to Remote Island
Yahoo and Facebook settle patent lawsuit with strategic deal
“Man is a slow, sloppy and brilliant thinker; the machine is fast, accurate and stupid.” ~William M. Kelly
24 Sunday Jun 2012
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A week spent getting caught up from vacation. I had a great time giving a seminar at the office on Tuesday, Trademark and Brand Protection for Communicators. Look out for more of those in the future. It’s also about time to start preparing for Art & Museum Law, so expect more art world news in these posts in the upcoming months. Here are the top stories I followed this week:
Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in government censorship requests
Why brands are leaning towards minimalism
More Download Cases filed in Indiana
Washington’s 5 Worst Arguments for Keeping Secrets From You
U.S. rejects requests for documents regarding targeted killings with drones
Supreme Court cops out, again, on “fleeting expletives”
Louisiana Sex Offenders Must List Status on Social Media Profile
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” -Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams, 1923
17 Sunday Jun 2012
I spent this week in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. It was my first visit and I have to say the place is top-rate. Some of the best museums you can imagine and the C-SPAN junkie in me was absolutely thrilled to walk inside Congress Hall, location of the first U.S. House and Senate from 1790-1800. But just because I’m out sightseeing doesn’t mean the news stops. Here are the top stories I followed this week:
Indiana finally has its own keyword advertising case
$176 million unmanned drone crashes in Maryland
Twitter Takes a New Approach to Avoid Patent Litigation
The NLRB’s Dos And Don’ts For Employer Social Media Policies
US elections 2012: top 50 Twitter accounts to follow
Downloaders take heed, Indiana’s first BitTorrent download case – CP Productions v. John Doe
These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America
Comcast: Don’t “Shake Down” Our Customers
Got another big story from this week that I missed? Leave a comment below.
“He snatched the lightning from the sky and the sceptre from tyrants” – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, speaking of Benjamin Franklin
27 Sunday May 2012
The Failures of the Facebook Generation in the Arab Spring
IP-Address Can’t Even Identify a State, BitTorrent Judge Rules
Drones Take Flight For Civilian Use
7 Ways To Get Yourself Detained Indefinitely
UK ‘cookie law’ takes effect: What you need to know
“A patent is property carried to the highest degree of abstraction—a right in rem to exclude, without a physical object or content.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes
