Stories from the Week that Was – 5/27/12-6/2/12

03 Sunday Jun 2012

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China tightens grip on social media with new rules

TV Networks Say You’re Breaking The Law When You Skip Commercials

Germany sets new solar power record, institute says

Got Compliance? The EU Cookie Law & What You Need to Do

Google Applies for More than 50 New Domains Including .LOL and .YouTube

Target on your cyber back: DHS has a list of words deemed ‘suspicious’

Man sues to have ‘Google’ declared a generic word

Privacy practices: how the FTC MySpace settlement affects your business

2012 Logo Trends

Google Obliges Website Copyright Takedown Requests 97% of the Time

NLRB Issues Third Social Media Report

From David Elliott’s Complaint for Cancellation of Trademark and Declaratory Relief:

“3. The term “GOOGLE” is, or has become, a generic term universally used to describe the action of internet searching with any search engine, which cannot serve as a trademark to the exclusion of others.”

Stories from the Week that Was – 5/20/12-5/26/12

27 Sunday May 2012

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Stories from the Week that Was – 5/20/12-5/26/12

Pakistan Blocks Twitter

The Failures of the Facebook Generation in the Arab Spring

IP-Address Can’t Even Identify a State, BitTorrent Judge Rules

Drones Take Flight For Civilian Use

7 Ways To Get Yourself Detained Indefinitely

UK ‘cookie law’ takes effect: What you need to know

“A patent is property carried to the highest degree of abstraction—a right in rem to exclude, without a physical object or content.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – adidas America v. Wolverine World Wide

26 Saturday May 2012

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adidas America, Inc. et al v. Wolverine World Wide Inc.

Court Case Number:    3:12-cv-00945-HZ
File Date:    Friday, May 25, 2012
Plaintiff:     adidas America, Inc., adidas AG
Plaintiff Counsel:     Stephen M. Feldman of Perkins Coie LLP
Charles H. Hooker III, R. Charles Henn Jr. of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Defendant:     Wolverine World Wide Inc.
Cause:    Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Federal Trademark Dilution, State Trademark Dilution, Injury to Business Reputation
Court:    Oregon District Court
Judge:     Magistrate Judge Dennis J. Hubel, Judge Marco A. Hernandez

Stories from the Week that Was – 5/13/12-5/19/12

20 Sunday May 2012

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Kodak Had a Secret Nuclear Reactor Loaded With Enriched Uranium Hidden In a Basement

Google revamps search, tries to think more like a person

McDonald’s tries to rebrand itself, in Berkeley, of all places

“No backroom deals to regulate the Internet. Speak out now against TPP, the new ACTA.” – Electronic Frontier Foundation

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – Peace for Paul Foundation v. Andrew Young

18 Friday May 2012

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Peace for Paul Foundation, Inc. v. Mr. Andrew Young

Court Case Number:    3:12-cv-00887-PK
File Date:    Thursday, May 17, 2012
Plaintiff:     Peace for Paul Foundation, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel:     David L. Silverman – Attorney at Law
Defendant:     Mr. Andrew Young
Cause:    Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act, Trademark Infringement, Defamation, Intentional Interference with Economic Relations
Court:    Oregon District Court
Judge:     Magistrate Judge Paul Papak

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – Adidas America v. World Industries

16 Wednesday May 2012

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Adidas America, Inc et al v. World Industries, Inc. et al

Court Case Number:    3:12-cv-00859-PK
File Date:    Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Plaintiff:     Adidas America, Inc, adidas AG
Plaintiff Counsel:     Stephen M. Feldman of Perkins Coie LLP
Defendant:     World Industries, Inc., Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
Cause:    Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Federal Trademark Dilution, State Trademark Dilution, Injury to Business Reputation
Court:    Oregon District Court
Judge:     Magistrate Judge Dennis J. Hubel, Magistrate Judge Paul Papak

Stories from the Week that Was – 5/6/12-5/12/12

13 Sunday May 2012

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Stories from the Week that Was – 5/6/12-5/12/12

A mid-week election saw Richard Mourdock topple long-standing Republican Senator Richard Lugar. Has anybody bothered to ask Mourdock or (Democrat rival) Joe Donnelly’s thoughts on legislation like CISPA and SNOPA? Not this week, when all the talk was about Zuckerberg’s hoodie and President Obama’s evolution on same-sex marriage.

Why the New gTLDs Don’t Matter

Clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook Is Not Protected Speech, Judge Rules

Property rights in the cloud: Your data or theirs?

Twitter Defends User In Court Over Occupy Tweets

Think That Email Isn’t a Contract? Think Again

Facebook bans Grooveshark over copyright complaint

How Should We Measure Damages for Defamation Over Social Media?

Mars Rover Opportunity Rolling Again After Winter Break

New NDAA Would Give the Military Clandestine Cyberwar Powers

“All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.” – Mark Zuckerberg

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – Too Marker Products v. CC International

10 Thursday May 2012

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Too Marker Products, Inc. et al v. CC International LLC et al

Court Case Number:    6:12-cv-00834-TC
File Date:    Thursday, May 10, 2012
Plaintiff:     Too Marker Products, Inc., Imagination International, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel:     Jacob S. Gill, Timothy S. DeJong of Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter, PC
Defendant:     CC International LLC, Hot Off The Press, Inc.
Cause:    Federal Trademark Infringement, Trade Dress Infringement, Common Law Trademark Infringement
Court:    Oregon District Court
Judge:     Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Coffin

Oregon Copyright Litigation Update – CBT Nuggets v. Charles Casciotta et al

08 Tuesday May 2012

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CBT Nuggets, L.L.C. v. Charles Casciotta et al

Court Case Number:    6:12-cv-00806-AA
File Date:    Monday, May 07, 2012
Plaintiff:     CBT Nuggets, L.L.C.
Plaintiff Counsel:     E. Bradley Litchfield of Hutchinson Cox Coons & DuPriest
Defendant:     Charles Casciotta, Productforless LLC, productforless.biz
Cause:    Copyright Infringement
Court:    Oregon District Court
Judge:     Chief Judge Ann L. Aiken

Stories from the Week that Was – 4/29/12-5/5/12

06 Sunday May 2012

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Stories from the Week that Was – 4/29/12-5/5/12

Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) Introduced To Protect Users From Having To Divulge Personal Info

Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?

CISPA: Next Steps

U.S. Copyright Office Seeks to Raise Rates

Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate)

Feds held seized website Dajaz1.com for a year without proof of copyright infringement

“My words and my ideas are my property, and I’ll keep and protect them as surely as I do my stable of unicorns.” ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale