05 Saturday Nov 2011
Posted in Oregon, Portland, Social Media
The Oregonian‘s “Best of the Northwest: Visitor guide to Portland and the Pacific Northwest” is now available for free on iPad from the iTunes store.
The visitor guide includes three major categories detailing the best of Portland and beyond: Dining, Travel and Events.
Anybody using the app? Thoughts? Did the Oregonian leave out your favorite spot?
23 Sunday Oct 2011
Posted in Privacy, Social Media, Trade Secret, Trademark
Stories from the Week that Was – 10/16-10/22/11
McDonald’s sues China trademark body over logo dispute
Chinese man pleads guilty for U.S. trade secret theft
Obama announces full withdrawal from Iraq
NATO Commander Announces End to Libyan War Over Facebook
How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates
“The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors’ works have survived even in part.” Richard Stallman
16 Sunday Oct 2011
Posted in Social Media
Stories from the Week that Was – 10/9-10/15/11
Legal Sector Shed 1,300 Jobs in September
Netflix Abandons Qwikster DVD Plan
Are Facebook ID Cards In Our Future?
“The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but ‘[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.’ To this end, copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a work. This result is neither unfair nor unfortunate. It is the means by which copyright advances the progress of science and art.”
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
499 US 340, 349 (1991)
Oregon Intellectual Property Blog 