SLAMMING THE DOOR ON DOMAIN NAME HIJACKING
During the 1980s after the breakup of “Ma Bell” (AT&T Corp.) when US regulators broke up the AT&T Corp. monopoly by a consent decree in the anti-trust lawsuit, United States…
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Second Life TOS: A Partial Analysis and How to Protect your Digital Content
In November 2003, Linden announced that it would recognize participants’ full intellectual property protection for the digital content they created or otherwise owned in Second Life. As a result, Second…
Cyber Piracy Law: Domain Names and Right of Privacy
Causes of action for the use of someone’s famous name are CyberPiracy, unfair competition and false advertising in the nature of false endorsement which is essentially the federal equivalent of…
U.S. SUPREME COURT TAKES “39 STEPS” BACK FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
In a landmark copyright ruling hailed internationally—but largely criticized at home—the U.S. Supreme Court decided on January 18, 2012 that the copyright clause of the Constitution does not prevent the…
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APLegal Help Titles, names, short phrases and slogans This is one of the most common areas of confusion for people seeking protection of their intellectual property — please be sure…
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Many people or organizations create websites strictly to share information, to advertise their non-profit services, to advertise their small craft projects, or to voice their political or religious beliefs. They…
Timing in the IP World & a Country’s Intellectual Capital
In the United States, the first to invent is the first in right. However, this rule has been modified, so you should talk to our registered patent attorney, Michael L.…