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In a Mermaid Statue, Danes Find Something Rotten in State of Michigan
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| The problem is that this ode to the old country allegedly infringes the
| copyright of Danish artist Edvard Eriksen. In May, just as preparations for
| this year's Danish-themed festivities were getting under way, the town got a
| letter from the Artists Rights Society -- a New York-based organization that
| enforces copyrights on behalf of artists, including Andy Warhol and Picasso.
| The letter said that the statue is an "unauthorized reproduction" and had to
| come down. If not, the town would have to pay a licensing fee.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124865622123982685.html
Pictures From Public Places Not Private
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| Internet accessibility of images amassed by governmental organizations,
| commercial entities and individuals is the basis of novel privacy violation
| claims. However, Internet distribution of images of both individuals and
| private places collected from public places remains lawful.
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http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202432521686
Obama Taps Another MoFo Lawyer
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| President Barack Obama has nominated Ketanji Jackson, of counsel to the D.C.
| office of Morrison & Foerster, to fill a spot on the U.S. Sentencing
| Commission. |
| Jackson, 38, would be one of seven voting members of the commission, which
| overseas the sentencing guidelines used by federal judges and advises
| Congress on criminal law. The position is part-time, requires confirmation by
| the Senate, and would end in October 2013.
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http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/07/obama-taps-another-morrison-foerster-lawyer.html
Recent:
Don't Sue Me, Bro... Taser Drops Suit Against Second Life
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| TASER International has - at least for now - dropped a trademark infringement
| suit against Linden Lab, which operates Second Life.
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http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/07/25/don039t-sue-me-bro-taser-drops-suit-against-second-life
Trademark Insanity
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| It's bad enough that we have to deal with struggles over the use of
| trademarks that have become generic terms, like "Xerox" and "Coke", and
| trademarks that were already generic terms among specialists, such
| as "Windows", but a new low in trademarking has been reached by the joint
| efforts of Dell and the US Patent and Trademark Office. Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
| reports that Dell has applied for a trademark on the term "cloud computing".
| The opposition period has already passed and a notice of allowance has been
| issued. That means that it is very likely that the application will soon
| receive final approval.
|
| [...]
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| In other words, this is a pure example of theft from the public domain.
| Speakers of English have a term, "cloud computing", which the US government
| is on the verge of privatizing and assigning exclusively to Dell. Other
| companies providing similar services will not be able to describe what they
| are doing as "cloud computing" anymore than Nike will be able to describe its
| shoes as Reeboks.
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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=434
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