Fashion fakes: copyright, trademark and creativity
There is no protection from copying designs in the fashion industry, so how can police crackdown on knock-offs?
Trademarks and the Apple App Store
Apple’s “app store” continues to generate controversy through its rejections. I must agree with the following analysis that use of icons – especially as provided through an API expressly for that purpose should not violate trademark law (or copyright for that matter).
IP and Traditional Knowledge
Image via Wikipedia The Uneasy Case for Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge by Stephen Munzer, Kal Raustiala: Should traditional knowledge—the understanding or skill possessed by indigenous peoples pertaining to their culture and folklore and their use of native plants for medicinal purposes—receive protection as intellectual property? This Article examines nine major arguments from the […]
Bad Results for Google in Recent 2nd Circuit Ruling Over Keywords
Bad Results for Google in Recent 2nd Circuit Ruling Over Keywords — Law Blog — WSJ: In an opinion penned by Judge Pierre Leval, a three-judge panel ruled that Google must face a trademark infringement lawsuit for selling keywords that trigger ads. Click here for the Recorder story. An interesting development. Basically, Google was selling the names of companies to competitor […]
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