CNN.com – Google agrees to China censorship – Jan 25, 2006: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Online search engine leader Google Inc. has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country’s free-speech restrictions in return for better access in…
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Monthly Archives: January 2006
CNN.com – Google agrees to China censorship – Jan 25, 2006
Posted in Misc
Very good “fair use” opinion re Google’s cache
Very good “fair use” opinion re Google’s cache: A district court in Nevada has rejected the claim that Google’s cache violates copyright law. The opinion is grounded both on “fair use” and implied license. The “fair use” part of the…
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Posted in Copyright, Internet Law
The Telco Camel in the Internet Tent – John Quarterman
The Telco Camel in the Internet Tent: I keep alluding to telcommunications companies wanting to limit the Internet. Here’s a pithy summary by Scott Bradner of how the Internet is different and what’s happening now. He notes that telephone companies…
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Posted in Misc
WIPO Responds to Significant Cybersquatting Activity In 2005
WIPO Responds to Significant Cybersquatting Activity In 2005: In a report released today, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced a 20% increase in the number of cybersquatting (abusive registration of trademarks as domain names) cases filed in 2005…
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Posted in Internet Law
Logo Not Copyright Management Information Under DMCA – From The Trademark Blog
Logo Not Copyright Management Information Under DMCA: Removal of a trademark logo and link is not ‘removal of copyright management information’ as barred by the DMCA. The District Court for New Jersey dimissed a copyright claim, interpretating ‘copyright management information’…
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Posted in Trademark
Domain Name Containing Trademark Translation is Determined Confusingly Similar
Domain Name Containing Trademark Translation is Determined Confusingly Similar: Interesting WIPO case (D2005-1085): Complainant (Saint-Exupery estate) owns “Le Petit Prince” in EU, US, and other countries. The translation of “Le Petit Prince” is “The little prince”. Respondent registered ‘thelittleprince.com’. Is…
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Posted in Internet Law, Trademark
The Million TM-infringement homepage? (Wendy Seltzer)
The Million TM-infringement homepage? (Wendy Seltzer): How many trademark infringements can you spot in the The Million Dollar Homepage? Among all the ads for free porn, free domain names, and free gambling (only the first click is free), I spot…
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Posted in Internet Law, Trademark
law.com – Chat Room Chatter Draws Lawsuit
law.com – Chat Room Chatter Draws Lawsuit: Do the courts have jurisdiction over what people say in Internet chat rooms? That question is being played out in what some lawyers claim is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in Ohio, where a man…
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Posted in Internet Law
The Politics of Email Authentication, 2006 Edition – Circle ID
The Politics of Email Authentication, 2006 Edition: A student at a well-known US university wrote me and asked whether, given the huge national interest in getting the industry to unite behind (at least) one format, did I think that the…
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Sony settles ‘rootkit’ class action lawsuit | CNET News.com
Sony settles ‘rootkit’ class action lawsuit | CNET News.com: Sony BMG has struck a deal with the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit over copy-restriction software it used in music CDs, according to a settlement document filed at a New…
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