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30 Oct 2015, 12:48 pm
(Wikemedia)A recent decision from the Ottawa Small Claims Court in 1395804 Ontario Limited (Blacklock’s Reporter) v Canadian Vintners Association (“CVA”), 2015 CanLII 65885 (ON SCSM) is raising some notable eyebrows, for example with Canadian law professor Teresa Scassa here and the redoubtable @glynmoody on the internationally widely read Techdirt website.The decision deals with the issues of whether a person without an account to a pay-walled… [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 10:12 am
Techdirt explains: BoingBoing has the latest story of trademark insanity, where a “charity” focused on the rare, but apparently serious disease of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), is trying to trademark [sic] the phrase “Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness” and appears to be threatening other charities for using the phrase, and (according to this petition) has filed complaints to get fundraising stores shut down for using the phrase. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 4:36 am
" TechDirt tells us "Except, it didn't. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 3:55 pm
And at Techdirt, Timothy Geigner has a post titled "Appeals Court Reverses Its Own Ruling: It's NOT Trademark Infringement For Amazon To Provide Useful Search Results. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 5:29 am
” Tim Cushing at Techdirt crushes the problem: Here, the lower court did the government’s work for it by recharacterizing the nature of the litigation and applying outdated pay scales. [read post]
15 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
A perfectly horrible idea [Ken at Popehat, Robby Soave/Reason, a more judicious view of Section 230] Wipe that true thing: “France says Google must take ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ worldwide” [WSJ/MarketWatch, earlier] MedExpress vs. attorney Paul Alan Levy: “eBay seller who sued over negative feedback dinged $19k in legal fees” [ArsTechnica] Copyright takedown order over random ink blotches [2600] Weight-loss firm Roca Labs, which took aggressive legal… [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
[Tennessee: Watchdog] Louisiana town getting 87% of its revenue from traffic tickets has 188 people, 5 cop cars [Marshall Project via Balko] For second time, this time in Chicago case, former CEO of red light camera company cops a federal plea [Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica] Opposition from law enforcement shoots down asset forfeiture reform in California [Scott Shackford/Reason, more] Despite talk of being friendlier to forfeiture reform, Department of Justice fed talking points to reform opponents… [read post]
11 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
Sun; Warrants, HIPAA be damned: Drug Enforcement Administration agents pose as Texas medical board to get at patient records [Jon Cassidy/Watchdog, Tim Cushing/TechDirt via Radley Balko] Litigation finance and champerty: the reaction is under way [MathBabe, earlier on pelvic and transvaginal mesh surgery speculation] No longer alas a surprise to see JAMA Pediatrics running lame, politicized content on topics like “youth gun carrying” [Jacob Sullum] “Shame, blame,… [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 4:49 am
But as Masnick points out at Techdirt, the line that it’s “routine” isn’t quite accurate: To some extent what the DHS told him is true. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 4:53 pm
The infamous Prenda Law could sue Reddit, TechDirt, Twitter, Facebook, anyplace that held the flood of critical comments about its conduct. [read post]
24 Sep 2015, 8:52 am
" And at Techdirt, Mike Masnick has a post titled "Appeals Court Says The Batmobile Is A 'Character' Covered By Copyright. [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 8:57 am
Shutterstock / Apolinarias: Dance class blue seamless pattern. [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 9:05 pm
Someone’s using someone: “Providence using plaintiffs bar to become player in antitrust cases” [Jessica Karmasek, Legal Newsline, related] Competitive Enterprise Institute picks what it considers the nation’s six worst state AGs, most names are familiar to our readers [Hans Bader/CEI, more, full report in PDF, and thanks for link] “Frivolous Serial Pro Se Litigant Upset Journalists Portrayed Him As A Frivolous Serial Litigant” [Tim Cushing,… [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 5:16 am
And at Techdirt, Karl Bode asks it yet again. [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 1:56 pm
techdirt – First Library To Support Tor Anonymous Internet Browsing Effort Stops After DHS Email – “Since Edward Snowden exposed the extent of online surveillance by the U.S. government, there has been a surge of initiatives to protect users’ privacy. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 4:37 pm
Even Geigner, when posting it on TechDirt said it was “from the i’m-just-so-happy dept. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 4:29 am
As Karl Bode at Techdirt explains: As Google, Tesla, Volvo, and other companies make great strides with their self-driving car technology, we’ve started moving past questions about whether the technology will work, and started digging into the ethics of how it should work. [read post]
4 Sep 2015, 9:29 am
Update (9/6/15, 9:30am): Twitter, realizing the error of its ways, restored Langton's tweets without the need for a counter-DMCA notice, after Techdirt's Mike Masnick tweeted about it. [read post]
3 Sep 2015, 4:39 am
More on TechDirt here. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 3:00 am
TechDirt finds flip-flops on patents in the last five years. [read post]
