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Intellectual Asset Management magazine has announced the names of 2007's inductees into the IP Hall of Fame. They are (with IAM text lifted and gently tweaked by the IPKat): Talal Abu-Ghazaleh: Talal has provided assistance and support to governmental committees and officials charged with revising and drafting new laws and regulations for the protection and enforcement of IP rights across the Arab world and beyond. As an author, he has also assisted in the publication of numerous groundbreaking ...

... the bartenders continued to operate (including occasional noises of dipping into the ice supply or shaking mixed drinks), the doors to the hall slammed shut from time to time (the staff needs to be trained to handle that door quietly during performance), the doors to the ... business activities which are undoubtedly a major source of the revenue that runs the place, since the ticket price for entry is modest. Finally -- some enterprising record company should record Jeremy Denk in the Ives Sonata!!!!

The peddlers of a so-called "War On Christmas" have succeeded, at least in Green Bay, Wis., of injecting some strife into the season of goodwill. Although there are plenty of places, such as homes, houses of worship and shopping malls, where Christmas decorations can be displayed, Religious Right activists and their allies always demand much more. For [...]

... that the finger was lost in a meat slicer and he wasn't in the Israeli army. (But he is the son of an Israeli immigrant.) His younger brother, Ari, is a Hollywood talent agent who served as the inspiration for Ari Gold, the fast-talking agent played by Jeremy Piven on HBO's hit series Entourage.... "After about the sixth episode, I finally caught it," says Rahm... "I called Ari the next day and said, 'Hey, I finally saw the show, and you know what? I like that guy better than I like you.'" Ha ...

... that yesterday the Defense Department filed a motion to dismiss and a memorandum in support of the motion (full text) in Hall v. Welborn. In March, Jeremy Hall and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation filed suit in federal district court in Kansas claiming ... of its motion to dismiss, the Defense Department argued that the court need not reach the merits. It contends that because Hall did not show that the major's action was likely to recur, he lacked standing to obtain an injunction. It ...

Last September, Spc. Jeremy Hall filed a lawsuit against the military claiming he was threatened by an Army major for holding a meeting of non-Christians and atheists in Iraq. (See prior posting.) The lawsuit was refiled yesterday in a Kansas federal court with an added claim that Hall's promotion was blocked in retaliation for filing the original lawsuit. According to the AP, the new lawsuit says that Hall's platoon sergeant told him that he ...

This item has been posted on Jeremy's behalf. He is on holiday today. The September/October issue of the World Trademark Review, published bimonthly by Globe Business Publishing, leads ... . Other topics addressed in this issue include an insight by Peter Jennings (Cripps Harries Hall) into the much-discussed spat between KFC and the Tan Inn, a Yorkshire public ... the fast-food giant (see IPKat post here); also IPKat blogger Jeremy's friend and old colleague Carina Badger (Macfarlanes) ponders over the ...

... at God and Country blog points out that this lawsuit is similar to one filed in 2007 by MMRF on behalf of Specialist Jeremy Hall, except the current lawsuit alleges that Chalker, sought permission not to attend the events through "his chain ... the equal opportunity process," which did not yield "satisfactory results." In a motion to dismiss filed in the Hall case, the Defense Department argued that Hall failed to use existing internal procedures to complain about his treatment. (See prior posting.) ...

... s need for lasting fame and the undying admiration of his colleagues. Yes, it's time for the 2007 nominations for the IP Hall of Fame. Right: "The Cat's Meow" - Famous Cats by De La Nuez, on sale from www.animationartgallery.com The prime mover is IP ... to attack and misrepresent - something that is happening more frequently every year. By injecting a human element, the IP Hall of Fame helps to show that far from being of benefit to a privileged few, the development of today's IP system has had a ...

... illegally used these substances range from players whose major league careers were brief to potential members of the Baseball Hall of Fame," former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell wrote in his much-anticipated report on performance-enhancing drugs ... his 20-month investigation. While he vehemently denied it through his lawyer, Clemens was the symbol. Considered a lock for the Hall of Fame earlier this week, Clemens' path to Cooperstown was thrown in doubt after he was singled out on nearly ...