http://sharealike.org Law, Technology, Science, Music, Politics, and GNU/Linux Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:17:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 07-11357-013-AmendedComplaint 07-11357-029-MemoISOMotToDismiss 07-11357-034-MemoOppMotToDismiss 07-11357-039-ReplyMemoISOMotToDismiss http://sharealike.org/index.php/2008/06/23/capitol-records-v-multiply-inc-07-11357-sdny/ Interesting TM decision out from the D.C. Circuit today, Aktieselskabet v. Fame Jeans Inc. The D.C. Circuit joins the 1st and 7th Circuits who have now all held that a party may introduce new issues in a § 21(b) district court action that were not brought before the TTAB. The Court ... http://sharealike.org/index.php/2008/04/29/the-trademark-trial-and-appeal-board-gets-no-respect/ Interesting opinion out from the Second Circuit today, Ehrenfeld v. Mahfouz, No. 06-2228-cv (2d Cir. Mar. 3, 2008). The Court had certified to the New York Court of Appeals whether New York’s long-arm statute confers personal jurisdiction over a person (1) who sued a New York resident in a ... http://sharealike.org/index.php/2008/03/03/2d-cir-on-personal-jurisdiction/ They're at it again. On Feb. 27, 2008 the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Sybersound Records, Inc. v. UAV Corp., No. 06-55221 (9th Cir. 2008). The court considered: whether the transfer of an interest in a divisible copyright interest from a copyright co-owner to Sybersound, unaccompanied by ... http://sharealike.org/index.php/2008/03/01/ninth-circuit-breaks-copyright-law/ Yesterday I received a generic replacement battery that I had ordered for my Sony VGN-FS840/W laptop. When placed in the laptop the battery indicator flashes rapidly. The laptop will not turn on with the battery inserted, even if the AC cord is also used. The battery shows ... http://sharealike.org/index.php/2008/02/02/sony-laptop-locks-out-non-sony-battery/ I've been working from Starbucks today on the T-Mobile wireless, and I'm now, in less than four hours, sitting next to the second pyramid scheme pitch. The first one was amusing because it was incomprehensible what the product or service even being sold was. The entire discussion was ... http://sharealike.org/index.php/2008/01/30/starbucks-office-space-for-pyramid-schemes/ One good DRM paper deserves another. Former EFF Staff Attorney, Jason Schultz, has taken a position at UC Berkeley's School of Law and has just posted a pre-publication paper he co-wrote with Berkeley Law Professor Pamela Samuelson entitled: Should Copyright Owners Have to Give Notice About Their Use of ... http://sharealike.org/index.php/2007/12/18/should-copyright-owners-have-to-give-notice-about-their-use-of-technical-protection-measures/ Radiohead recently announced that fans could pick the price they'd pay for Radiohead's new album, In Rainbows. To check this out and support this experiment, I signed up for the download-only version and chose to pay $.99 per song, i.e., $9.90 for the 10-song album. (I used a currency-converter to figure ... http://sharealike.org/index.php/2007/10/09/radioheads-in-rainbows-to-be-drm-free-mp3s/ Last week my firm distributed an article I wrote on the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Douglas v. United States District Court for the Central District of California as a Client Alert entitled Don't Try This on Your Site: Changing Contracts via Website Notice Alone. Ultimately I think the Ninth Circuit ... http://sharealike.org/index.php/2007/08/20/douglas-v-central-district-of-california/ On July 3rd the 9th Circuit filed its opinion in Perfect 10 v. Visa Int'l Serv. Assoc., (9th Cir. 2007). The majority (Reinhardt and Smith) takes itself to be following the recent P10 decisions from the 9th Circuit, Perfect 10, Inc. v. CCBill LLC, (9th Cir. 2007). and Perfect ... http://sharealike.org/index.php/2007/07/11/9th-cir-decision-in-perfect-10-v-visa-intl-serv-assoc/