More and more tidbits continue to come out of the Sony leak, The Verge reported on a meeting between Sony, Google and Homeland Security. The Verge a week later ran a story about Google being incensed over Hollywood's anti-piracy measures. Google was especially concerned with "Project Goliath" The project's goal was to find a way to block pirate sites from appearing online. From the … [Read more...]
Flipboard Wins TM Dispute Leading to Flowboard Changing Their Name
Simon Sage reported for iMore that Flowboard an app that allows you to create presentations lost a trademark dispute with Flipboard. The company has decided to change their name and rebrand to FlowVella. FlowVella CEO, Brent Brookler told Geek Wire the changed had already been in the works, the company will keep the same F in their logo. From the article: Flowboard's slick app for creating … [Read more...]
Australia Denies Apple’s Bid To Trademark “App Store” In Australia
Jenni Ryall reported for Mashable that Australia has said no go to Apple trademarking the term "App Store" in Australia. This latest ruling was an appeal of their 2013 trademark attempt. The judge did not see app store as distinguishing itself to be Apple centric. From the story: Apple can not exclusively use the term "app store" in Australia after a ruling in the Federal Court on … [Read more...]
Tech Companies Want Senate To End NSA Collection Programs Before Republicans Take Control
Tech companies coming together to get the Senate to act to eliminate the NSA's bulk data collection programs. Companies like Google and Microsoft etc... are worried about losing business around the world as foreign governments might fear that the U.S. government can gain easy access to the data of their citizens. With the change of power in the Senate there is a fear among tech leaders that this … [Read more...]
Court Orders Google To Help Marvel Discover Source of Leak
We continue to see courts getting involved in telling registrars and search engines what they must do to comply with a growing number of complaints that arise with issues of copyright infringement. A couple days ago we wrote about a German court telling Key-Systems that they and all registrars can be held liable for the infringement violations of their customers. Gizmodo reported that a U.S. … [Read more...]
German Court Says Domain Registrar Can Be Held Liable For the Infringement of their Customers
Court rules registrars are responsible for fighting piracy In a case that involved the music of Robin Thicke and his album Blurred Lines, a German court has ruled that a domain registrar can be held liable when it comes to copyright infringement. The domain registrar in this case is Key-Systems who appealed the initial ruling and lost their appeal at The Higher Regional Court of … [Read more...]
18 Year Old MySchool.com Hit With UDRP For The Second Time in 4 Years
The domain name MySchool.com looks to be getting hit with a UDRP for a second time in four years. Back in 2010 Joseph L. Carpenter brought a UDRP against Andy Booth and his Foresight.com. At that time Carpenter alleged the following: The Complainant alleges that he has used MYSCHOOL® as a trademark and brand name in connection with online information and advertisements in the field of … [Read more...]