This article provides a brief review of a new intellectual property enforcement plan released by an official of the United States government. The article also points to a disturbing trend of overenforcement of intellectual property rights and...
The unveiling of the list of applications for generic top-level domain names led to a flurry of activity as commentators parsed the contents of the list. This article takes a different tack and points to some of the most interesting names which...
This article shares the recent work of an associate analyzing applications for new customized top-level domain names ("gTLDs"). The work is presented in the form of an embedded spreadsheet which presents a great deal of interesting information...
This article looks at some of the brand protection measures being taken on behalf of the organizers of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The article points out why some of these protective measures amount to over-enforcement and notes that...
This article represents part of the coda of the "Eat More Kale" trademark dispute between Chick-fil-A and a Vermont entrepreneur. The article shares information about a documentary being made about the entrepreneur behind the Eat More Kale...
Google-owned YouTube has presented a number of thorny copyright problems since its inception (and one high-profile copyright infringement judicial opinion has resulted from litigation in which the service was a defendant). This article looks at...
Even Google has struggles with branding. That point is made by this article, which looks first at the ill-fated 2010 launch of Google Buzz. It notes that this product was quickly consigned to the failure bin. Then, the article...
This article continues reviewing topics which were discussed at the INTA 2012 conference by looking at a panel on search engine optimization. The article points to a seeming imbalance on the panel which resulted in an obfuscation of the...
This article points to a newly-released variant of the popular internet browser Firefox which claims to allow anonymous internet browsing and notes that certain types of legal practices are benefitted by tools which allow anonymous access...
This article shares the Powerpoint slides from a recent presentation on recent developments at the nexus of intellectual property law and the internet. Among the topics covered in the presentation are social media accounts, copyrights,...