Stories from the Week that Was – 6/17/12-6/23/12

24 Sunday Jun 2012

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Branding, Social Media, Southern District of Indiana, Stories from the Week that Was, Supreme Court, Tech Developments, Trademark

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BitTorrent, Drones, Google

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

Stories from the Week that Was – 5/27/12-6/2/12

03 Sunday Jun 2012

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Bloggers, Branding, Copyright, Litigation, Social Media, Stories from the Week that Was, Tech Developments

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Cookies, DHS, FTC, Google, MySpace, NLRB

China tightens grip on social media with new rules

TV Networks Say You’re Breaking The Law When You Skip Commercials

Germany sets new solar power record, institute says

Got Compliance? The EU Cookie Law & What You Need to Do

Google Applies for More than 50 New Domains Including .LOL and .YouTube

Target on your cyber back: DHS has a list of words deemed ‘suspicious’

Man sues to have ‘Google’ declared a generic word

Privacy practices: how the FTC MySpace settlement affects your business

2012 Logo Trends

Google Obliges Website Copyright Takedown Requests 97% of the Time

NLRB Issues Third Social Media Report

From David Elliott’s Complaint for Cancellation of Trademark and Declaratory Relief:

“3. The term “GOOGLE” is, or has become, a generic term universally used to describe the action of internet searching with any search engine, which cannot serve as a trademark to the exclusion of others.”

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Stories from the Week that Was – 1/22/12-1/28/12

28 Saturday Jan 2012

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Stories from the Week that Was, Tech Developments

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ACTA, Anonymous, DMCA, FBI, Google, Megaupload, PIPA, SOPA, Twitter

Stories from the Week that Was – 1/22/12-1/28/12

Apple Will Own Your Work With iBooks Author

How to Designate a DMCA Agent – YouTube

If You Thought SOPA Was Bad, Just Wait Until You Meet ACTA

Super Bowl gets social-media command center

Google to merge user data across its services

SOPA and PIPA Spur Lobbying Spike

Twitter can now censor tweets by country

Megaupload customers who lost their files banding together to sue FBI

Anonymous swoop on Mexico govt. sites in copyright law protest

“Technology was developed to prevent exhausting labor. It is now dedicated to trivial conveniences.” – B.F. Skinner

Stories from the Week that Was – 12/25/11-12/31/11

02 Monday Jan 2012

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Artists, Bloggers, Copyright, Federal Initiatives, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Litigation, Privacy, Social Media, Stories from the Week that Was, Tech Developments

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Google, NDAA, PhoneDog, Scottie Pippen, SOPA

Stories from the Week that Was – 12/25/11-12/31/11

2011 was quite a year. We witnessed intellectual property trump civil liberties time and time again. I’ll continue to archive the most important stories from each week, although I’m no longer certain it’s best for my mental health. Onward and upward (hopefully).

Copyrights Are No Longer About Copies (Part 1): William Patry

Creativity Springs From Careful Copying (Part 2): William Patry

Statement by the President on H.R. 1540 (the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012)

Artists: Can You Be Sued for Including a Real Person in Your Painting?

SOPA is the end of us, say bloggers

Company sues former employee over right to Twitter followers

Scottie Pippie Files Suit Claiming Websites Falsely Labeled Him as Bankrupt; Is Blog Tag Defamatory?

Google+ Censoring Borderline Offensive Profile Images; Author Images in Search Results To Blame?

Stories from the Week that Was – 11/20-11/26/11

27 Sunday Nov 2011

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Copyright, Federal Initiatives, Intellectual Property, Social Media, Stories from the Week that Was

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COPPA, Facebook, Google, Pirate Bay, YouTube

Stories from the Week that Was – 11/20-11/26/11

Fighting The Pseudonym Cyberwar

The Facebook Parents’ Dilemma: COPPA and my daughter turn 13

Google Now Censors The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, 4Shared and More

Copyright and the First Amendment: The Unexplored, Unbroken Historical Practice

Feds Seize 130+ Domain Names in Mass Crackdown

Rogues Falsely Claim Copyright on YouTube Videos to Hijack Ad Dollars

“I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.” John F. Kennedy