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Carl Oppedahl practices trademark and patent law from beautiful offices perched in the Rockies, and from that vantage point, he monitors the online infrastructure of the PTO. He maintains a listserv concerned with the Madrid Protocol (subscribe here) and posted... Marty

Full text of statement: SAN JOSE and CUPERTINO, California—February 21, 2007—Cisco and Apple® today announced that they have resolved their dispute involving the “iPhone” trademark. Under the agreement, both companies are free to use the “iPhone” trademark on their products... Marty

THe Smoking Gun: Lawsuit Over Topless Aniston Photo.... Marty

Zee News: "Intel's Namesake (sic) Restrained From Using Its Trademark" "The Delhi High Court has restrained a local company from using Intel Corporation's registered trademark 'Intel' and asked it to give compensation to the global chip maker for the infringement.... Marty

New Tee Vee: "Is NHL Putting YouTube On Ice?" "The NHL, which gained nearly universal praise for its decision to allow widespread use and sharing of highlight clips on YouTube, seems to be putting the practice of allowing embedding on... Marty

Discussion of settlement in keyword purchase case by Prof Goldman.... Marty

Reel.com: Viacom to put clips on Joost, Rebuffs Youtube: "Just three weeks after pulling their content from YouTube, Viacom is expected to announce today a broad licensing agreement with Joost, a P2P video platform which was only recently released into... Marty

NY Times: "New Weapon in Web War Over Privacy": "The new technological weapon is content-recognition software, which makes it possible to identify copyrighted material, even, for example, from blurry video clips."... Marty

More about The Big Game here. Background about the NFL's published application for The Big Game here.... Marty

This is only the second time I've used the word 'chutzpah' in 5 years of blogging, but, if the facts are as they appear, the use is justified. Voicing an apparently widespread belief, comic Joe Rogan accused Carlos Mencia of... Marty

Coverage of the Burning Man trademark case. Complaint in the Burning Man case Wikipedia entry for Burning Man... Marty

I reported in 2003 that Levis had sued Esprit over a red tab on jeans. I see that Levis has sued 'Esprit Us Distribution' in the Northern District of California, on Tuesday. There are no news reports, and the complaint... Marty

Wendy Seltzer: "My First DMCA Takedown": "On Feb. 8, I posted to YouTube a clip taken from the Super Bowl: not the football, but the copyright warning the NFL stuck into the middle of it, wherein they tell you it's... Marty

Counterfeit Chic: Knockoff News 50... Marty

Hint: inspiration for one of the better selling U.S. novels of all time. Discussion of the cover of Jonathan Livingston Seagull garnering zero % unaided awareness here.... Marty