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Archive for the ‘Intellectual Property’ Category“Trademarks Are Most Sought After Form of Intellectual Property”Posted September 27th, 2011As published to InfoInc.com: “Trademark protection is the most requested form of intellectual property globally, with more than 3 million applications filed annually since 2005, according to a report by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).” Click HERE to read more. Tags: Intellectual Property, Trademarks Masks Worn by Anonymous Protestors Are The Intellectual Property of Time WarnerPosted August 31st, 2011This week in irony, Nytimes.com reports: “Anonymous, the hacker group, has jostled with the Iranian government and the Church of Scientology and has briefly shut down the Web sites of Visa, MasterCard and other global corporations. When members appear in public to protest censorship and what they view as corruption, they don a plastic mask of Guy Fawkes, the 17th-century Englishman who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
Stark white, with blushed pink cheeks, a wide grin and a thin black mustache and goatee, the mask resonates with the hackers because it was worn by a rogue anarchist challenging an authoritarian government in “V for Vendetta,” the movie produced in 2006 by Warner Brothers. What few people seem to know, though, is that Time Warner, one of the largest media companies in the world and parent of Warner Brothers, owns the rights to the image and is paid a licensing fee with the sale of each mask.” Click HERE to read the full story. Tags: Anonymous, Time Warner ChrisFarley.com Dispute Is Not So FunnyPosted July 18th, 2011As reported by DomainNameWire.com: “A company claiming to own the intellectual property rights to the late comedian Chris Farley’s likeness has bombed in an effort to get the domain name ChrisFarley.com. Make Him Smile, Inc., claims that Chris Farley’s family granted it intellectual property rights to Chris Farley’s name upon his death. It filed a complaint with Nation Arbitration Forum to get the corresponding domain name.” Click HERE to read the full article. Tags: Chrisfarley.com It’s Really Not So Bad – Advice For Brand Owners In light of The Approval of New gTLDsPosted July 12th, 2011Following years of frustrated efforts on all sides, the new gTLD program has finally been approved with an application period scheduled to open January 12, 2012. During this time, anyone who meets the financial and technical criteria with the desire to apply for a new top-level domain may do so. Many brand owners and trademark holders who are interested in and who were already aware that new gTLDs are coming have begun preparations to either apply for one or to defend their brand/ mark in this new domain eco-system. Those already involved have begun to build their teams to staff this new venture springing ahead on years of momentum. While the process has been fraught with disagreements, in fighting, distrust, disappointment and a serious testing of patience, ultimately the reward will be significant. You’ve been hearing for years all the ways in which New gTLDs will be bad for you, your business and the Internet, the following are the ways in which they will be a positive step forward as well as some tips on how to navigate the new climate. Tags: ICANN, Intellectual Property, new gTLDs “Olympics Committee Issues Social Media Guidelines For London 2012, Including Domains”Posted June 28th, 2011As reported by David Goldstein: “There are not many organisations in the world that are as vociferous in their control of their trademarks as the International Olympic Committee. With the London Olympics scheduled for 2012, the IOC has issued social media guidelines for participants and other accredited persons. The guidelines also refer to domain names that include “the word ‘Olympic’ or ‘Olympics’ or any similar words related thereto (or any foreign language equivalents thereof) are not allowed unless approved by the IOC beforehand.” The IOC gives the example of[myname]olympic.com which would not be permitted while [myname].com/olympic would be allowed, but only during the period of the Olympic Games during which these Guidelines are applicable. The guidelines also note that “participants and other accredited persons may not create stand-alone Olympic-themed websites, application or any other feature to host coverage of the Olympic Games.” Click HERE to read more. Tags: IOC, London Olympics 2012, Olympic Games “Revised ‘Net Censorship Bill Requires Search Engines To Block Sites, Too”Posted May 11th, 2011As reported by Nate Anderson for Wired.com: “ Surprise! After months in the oven, the soon-to-be-released new version of a major U.S. Internet censorship bill didn’t shrink in scope — it got much broader. Under the new proposal, search engines, internet providers, credit card companies, and ad networks would all have cut off access to foreign “rogue sites”– and such court orders would not be limited to the government. Private rightsholders could go to court and target foreign domains, too. As for sites which simply change their domain name slightly after being targeted, the new bill will let the government and private parties bring quick action against each new variation.” Click HERE to read the full article. Tags: U.S. Internet Censorship Bill Tech Media Confused About URS, Equates It With Domain SeizuresPosted May 10th, 2011It’s official, you can be an incredibly tech-savy media outlet, marinating in total Internet nerd-dom and still fall prey to ICANN acronym misunderstanding. Unfortunately the latest snafu involves BoingBoing.net, Uniform Rapid Suspension and the recent rash of domain name seizures by Homeland Security. As reported by Domain Name Wire: “ The number of comments submitted to ICANN about its proposed renewal agreement with VeriSign to run .net has exploded over the past hour. The source of the comments appears to be a misunderstanding over what the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) proposed in its comments. As I wrote earlier, IPC wants Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to apply to new top level domain names. I believe the confusion started at BoingBoing, which interpreted URS to be a mechanism to take down web sites that infringe copyrights. BoingBoing equated URS to what happened with recent domain name seizures by the Department of Homeland Security. URS is a trademark protection tool, not a copyright protection tool. BoingBoing also suggested that VeriSign would get into the business of being a copyright enforcer, which isn’t correct.” Click HERE to read the full article.
Tags: Boing Boing, Domain Seizure, Homeland Security, ICANN, URS, Verisign IP Clearinghouse Teams Up With CoCCA to Provide Rights Protection for Eight ccTLDsPosted March 4th, 2011
“CoCCA and IP Clearinghouse, the company that operates CHIP (ClearingHouse for Intellectual Property), have collaborated to allow trademark owners to retroactively (or proactively) associate trademark information with specific domain names in the following country-code extensions: .AF, .CX, .GS, HT,.KI, .NF, .SB and .TL . CHIP is a new technology that is designed to allow trademark owners to efficiently and effectively safeguard and enforce their rights on the Internet, and in particular in the domain name space. More TLDs will follow after the completion of the initial trial.” Click HERE and HERE to learn more. Tags: CHIP, CoCCA, IP Clearinghouse The Word Form The White House On Intellectual Property Enforcement StrategyPosted February 8th, 2011From Victoria Espinel, U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator’s entry in The White House Blog: “In his State of the Union address, President Obama re-emphasized our nation’s commitment to help turn America’s innovative spirit into economic prosperity for our people and our nation. That is what my job and my office is all about. America’s creativity and ingenuity cannot thrive without intellectual property protection and enforcement, which allows a revolutionary idea to blossom into economic opportunity.” Click HERE to read more. Tags: Intellectual Property, President Obama, The White House
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