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8 Aug 2016, 6:00 am
Above the Law recently published a Techdirt story reporting that the USPTO denied Whole Foods‘ attempt to federally-register the laudatory trademark: “World’s Healthiest Grocery Store“. [read post]
2 Aug 2016, 9:05 pm
FlyteNow] Trademark spats bog down the world of craft brewing and those over place names are among the worst [Timothy Geigner/TechDirt on Miami Brewing/M.I.A. [read post]
19 Jul 2016, 9:05 pm
John Doe (“motion seems more like a gimmick designed to allow it an easy exit if discovery reveals its claims are meritless”) via Techdirt] IKEA dresser recall shows CPSC acting aggressively. [read post]
18 Jul 2016, 9:05 pm
Deferred prosecution agreements are a powerful new tool of the administrative state, with a tendency toward lawlessness [James Copland and Rafael Mangual, Manhattan Institute] Expected judicial deference to corporate prosecution deals: sign of a broken system [Scott Greenfield citing my April piece] Secrecy more common in criminal prosecutions: sealing of cases and documents, “gag orders… ex parte presentations, in camera submissions” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] “In… [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 7:07 am
. * Techdirt: DOJ Drops Stupid Drug Trafficking Charges Against FedEx After Judge Criticizes Its ‘Novel Prosecution’. [read post]
12 Jul 2016, 4:28 am
” Mike Masnick at Techdirt, being a good journalist, reached out to Carl* for comment. [read post]
2 Jul 2016, 4:49 am
At Techdirt, Mike Masnick questioned whether this suit had any chance of success. [read post]
29 Jun 2016, 6:54 am
. * Techdirt: A Dozen Bad Ideas That Were Raised At The Copyright Office’s DMCA Roundtables. [read post]
29 Jun 2016, 3:58 am
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Case number 1:16-cv-00922]TechDirt reports on two more decisions from the US Courts that confirm "legal threats against alleged infringers, based on nothing more than IP addresses" will not succeed in the courts. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 1:30 pm
The technology website TechDirt reports that 40 percent (or 280,000) of the people on the list have no connection with any recognized terrorist groups. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 9:05 pm
Consumer class action alleges substitution of squid for canned octopus [Nick Farr, Abnormal Use] Those who knowingly send texts that distract drivers could face liability in Pennsylvania [ABA Journal] Zach Graves, “Optometrists Push For State Laws Blocking Online Eye Exams” [TechDirt] D.C. [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 5:22 pm
Commentary on the opinion comes from Tim Cushing at TechDirt, Lisa Soronen for International Municipal Lawyers Association, Avia Shen of ThinkProgress, Jonathan Blanks for Cato at Liberty, Victoria Massie of Vox, Noah Feldman of Bloomberg View, Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones, and Mark Joseph Stern of Slate. [read post]
16 Jun 2016, 6:37 pm
" Mike Masnick of Techdirt has a post titled "Appeals Court Gives Big Loss To Record Labels In Their Quixotic Lawsuit Against Vimeo For Lipdubs. [read post]
14 Jun 2016, 9:15 pm
[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]
4 Jun 2016, 8:19 am
[Paul Alan Levy, CL&P via Mike Masnick, TechDirt] Tags: Arizona, politics, trademarks Council candidate menaced for using city’s logo on yard signs is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 9:05 pm
Our defense of free expression should go beyond the utilitarian and consequentialist: Flemming Rose’s acceptance speech last week on receiving the Cato Institute’s 2016 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty [Cato Daily Podcast, WSJ “Notable and Quotable” excerpt, earlier; Michael Tanner on Rose’s role in the Mohammed cartoons episode and more recent Cato book, The Tyranny of Silence; my related post in context of Copenhagen terrorist attack] Virgin Islands… [read post]
30 May 2016, 6:01 am
[Mike Masnick, TechDirt; G.S. [read post]
26 May 2016, 7:01 am
Mike Masnick has the story, and I'm just going to quote him (and WGAW):Meanwhile, in what might seem like a surprising source, another group calling bullshit on the MPAA is the local Hollywood writer's guild, the Writers Guild of America, West. [read post]
24 May 2016, 3:27 am
[Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Tags: libel slander and defamation, social media, Streisand effect Employer sues to unmask GlassDoor commenters is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
23 May 2016, 9:05 pm
“Earnhardt Family Fighting Over Whether One Earnhardt Son Can Use His Own Last Name” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Freddie Gray charges, bad new laws on pay, the state’s stake in world trade, armored vehicles for cops, bar chart baselines that don’t start at zero, and more in my latest Maryland policy roundup [Free State Notes] “You can be fined for not calling people ‘ze’ or ‘hir,’ if that’s the pronoun they demand that you… [read post]
