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CNN Video On 'Olympic Knockoffs'

CNN 'reports in how China is cracking down in counterfeiters for the Olympic games."

TANG In San Ignacio, Belize

Our Audience at the ABA Today

Not The Madrid Protocol But An Incredible Simulation

WIPO Madrid International Application Simulator:

The simulator is designed to show you how to use the Madrid System to seek the protection of your mark* abroad. At the end of the simulation, it will also help you estimate the cost of registering your mark through the Madrid System, a simple, easy and cost-effective international registration procedure.

HT Carl O.

And Then Again It May Not

Counterfeit Chic points out a somewhat ambiguous poster in China advising that the selling of fakes may constitute crime.

What A Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Opinion Looks Like

Registrant obtained COLLECTIVEMEDIA.COM in 2002. Opponent begins use in 2005, brungs UDRP. Held: opponent should have known it would lose. Collective Media, Inc. v CKV . COLLECTIVEMEDIA.COM WIPO D2008-0641.

The TTAB Means What It Says About Evidence, con't

TTABlog: Evidentiary Errors Lead to Dismissal of 2(d) Opposition for Failure to Prove Prioirty:

Rule 2.120 is a bit long, but it is worth reading now and then.

Com Laude Newsletter On The New gTLDs

Registrar Com Laude (run by friends of the blog Nick and Lorna) on the new gTLDs:

Can't Blog About Times Article On Girl Talk

I see the article, I want to comment on the 'substituting creativity for your own' comment, but then I start playing Feed the Animal, people come into my office, they say 'is that 'Body Movin' by the Beastie Boys, we look at the list of the samples, somebody else comes in, they hear the Radiohead sample, then it's forty minutes later.

Nike Sues EMS Over Use of DRI-FIT As Keyword

Nike sues Eastern Mountain Sports for keying ads for its wicking apparel to Nike's trademark DRI-FIT.

Ad Age commentary here.Nike

Text of Decision in 2d Circuit Remote DVR decision

Cartoon Network v Cablevision, 07-1480-cv (2d Cir August 4, 2008).

"China Learning Fast in IPR, Also The Bad Habits"

IPEG.EU: "China learning fast in IPR, also the bad habits":

Some bad copyright practices in Europe China now emulates. Take this recent article on People’s Daily about China copyrighting ancient images. Digital technology is being used to conserve the famous Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, in Northwest China’s Gansu Province (on UNESCO World Heritage List since 1987). The “Digital Dunhuang” project, which aims to pool all the treasures from Dunhuang, “protects its intellectual property rights (IPR) in the digital era” as it is called by the Chinese.

Text of Decision In Lucasfilms v Ainsworth (Stormtrooper Copyright)

Lucasfilm Ltd v Ainsworth [2008] EWHC 1878 (ch) (31 July 2008):

This is a case about the reproduction of replicas of various props used in the first Star Wars film. The Star Wars films are a series of science fiction films set at some different time and in another part of the Universe, and which feature the struggle between good and evil. They contain a heavy militaristic element, and that in turn requires uniforms. This case concerns the production of uniforms for the first of the films in the series, which is known as "Star Wars IV – A New Hope" and which was first shown in 1977. It bears the number IV, even though it was the first in the series to be produced, so as to leave room for expansion backwards in time, as it were, or "prequels". I shall simply call it "Star Wars", or "the film". The second claimant was the English production company for the film; all the claimant companies are, taken together, the producing or licensing companies, and it is accepted that between them they have the necessary rights (if anyone has) to bring the claims made in this action.

Dell Receives Notice of Allowance for CLOUD COMPUTING

Wikipedia on Cloud Computing.

Word Mark CLOUD COMPUTING

Goods and Services:

IC 040. Custom manufacture of computer hardware for use in data centers and mega-scale computing environments for others

IC 042 Design of computer hardware for use in data centers and mega-scale computing environments for others; customization of computer hardware for use in data centers and mega-scale computing environments for others; design and development of networks for use in data centers and mega-scale computing environments for others; Consulting services for data centers and mega-scale computing environments in the fields of design, selection, implementation, customization and use of computer hardware and software systems for others; Consulting services for data centers and mega-scale computing environments in the fields of design, selection, implementation, customization and use of computer hardware and software systems for others

Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK

Serial Number 77139082

Filing Date March 23, 2007

Published for Opposition April 15, 2008

Owner (APPLICANT) Dell Inc.

Disclaimer NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "COMPUTING" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN

Cloud Computer illustration from here.

UPDATE: 43(B)log weighs in.