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30 Jul 2023, 5:02 pm by Howard Bashman
Imagine a blog that powerful people in an industry or profession read: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Kashmir Hill has an article headlined “An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology; Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists; Somehow, he’s still an optimist about the promise of technology. [read post]
31 Mar 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Tim Cushing at TechDirt examines curious patterns in how the courts of Contra Costa County, California, in the Bay Area, have repeatedly been used to generate search engine takedowns affecting so-called gripe (consumer complaint) websites. [read post]
8 Oct 2017, 8:56 am by Walter Olson
” [Michael Lee, Morrison Lee via Timothy Geigner, Techdirt] Tags: copyright, Twitter “Football Coach Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Retweet” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
30 Aug 2014, 8:44 am by Walter Olson
The retreat came after Mike Masnick at TechDirt and Joe Mullin at ArsTechnica pointed out some of the reasons the attempt might be problematic, among them that the challenge had been used widely by other charities before it caught on in August in connection with ALS. [read post]
14 Jun 2016, 9:15 pm by Walter Olson
[Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Tags: scandals Secret Service employees illegally accessed lawmaker’s private data in hopes of discrediting him is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
11 May 2015, 8:09 am by marcorandazza
The complaint is here (source) Since I am counsel for the defendant on this case, for now, I will limit my comments and just point you toward other journalism on the case: TechDirt: Faith Healer Adam Miller Sues Over Critical YouTube Video, Guaranteeing It Tons Of Attention (source) Wonkette: Atheist Lady Sued For Calling Fraud […] [read post]
26 May 2018, 7:01 am by Walter Olson
[Timothy Geigner, Techdirt] Tags: art and artists, copyright, movies film and videos HBO sued over three-second shot of graffiti is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
13 May 2018, 8:56 am by Walter Olson
[Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Tags: publishers, trademarks “Cocky: overconfident, presumptuous” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
27 Aug 2014, 1:54 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Note the discussion of the Landmark Technologies/eBay matter at Techdirt in the post Patent Troll Sues eBay For Daring To Ask Patent Office For Patent Re-Exam Here, eBay is using a Texas anti-SLAPP statute to shield it from litigation from Landmark arising from eBay's re-examination request.Note that IPBiz had covered an anti-SLAPP matter in Judge to hear anti-SLAPP arguments in Cha/Flamm matter on Nov. 20 [read post]
10 Dec 2007, 8:01 am
" -- Techdirt on recapping the flap. [read post]
28 Apr 2009, 10:04 am
Arlen Specter's defection to the Democrats could be interesting for IP people.He is said to like big pharma, which has a large presence in his state of Pennsylvania.He was a bull on the IP Czar(ina) position and getting the FBI more involved in enforcement.But he is bear on ACTA.In other words, a "loose cannon" on IP.Here's what Techdirt has to say about him.The times in the USA just got a [read post]
25 Oct 2014, 10:46 am by Walter Olson
[Tim Cushing, Techdirt] Tweet Tags: baseball, copyright, free trade, trademarks“DHS Agents Raid Lingerie Shop, Save America From Unlicensed Underwear” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
9 May 2008, 6:33 pm
From Techdirt, 'He does a very nice job ripping apart the 'property rights' arguments that some, especially some libertarians, use in favor of patents, explaining why that doesn't make sense. [read post]
13 Feb 2016, 8:09 am by Walter Olson
” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Tags: apparel, Indian tribes, trademarks Tribe: don’t put Navajo name on products without a license is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
9 May 2008, 6:33 pm
From Techdirt, 'He does a very nice job ripping apart the 'property rights' arguments that some, especially some libertarians, use in favor of patents, explaining why that doesn't make sense. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 7:52 am by Ron Coleman
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 [...] [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 6:26 am by marcorandazza
Masnick, over at TechDirt has a philosophy that, if you oversimplify it, boils down to “even if people give your stuff away for free, you can still make money charging for it if you give superior service. [read post]
12 May 2014, 4:38 am by Walter Olson
“US Patent Office Grants ‘Photography Against A White Background’ Patent To Amazon” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Critics suspect there is prior art. [read post]
26 Apr 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Tags: beer and brewers, Germany, trademarks Trademark fight over “Hofbrau” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]