Something is about to go down! The Princess needs to be saved from Bowser? Oh, it’s not just on; “It’s On Like Donkey Kong.” Nintendo is about to “party it up big time” . . . at least they hope. Nintendo has filed a request to trademark the popular phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong” with the U.S.
Blog Archive 2010
There are some things that money can’t buy. . . for everything else there’s counterfeit goods?!
One Gucci handbag. . . $3500. One pair of Gucci shoes. . . $425. The amount of money by credit card companies will have to spend on legal fees. . . priceless. In a recent decision by the Southern District of New York, two credit card processors and a bank were held liable for processing orders for counterfeit Gucci merchandise.
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Google Wins Another Battle Against Search Engine Rivals
Google has been dominating the search engine market for some time now. It is the go to search engine for a large amount of the public.
Facebook's Trademark Infringement Saga Continues: Lamebook v. Facebook and Vice Versa
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This Time, the FCC Makes Sure Google Lets You Be
For no particular reason, I have never felt comfortable connecting to an unsecured network while at a coffee shop or any other “Free Wi-Fi” establishment. It turns out my irrational fears may have some rational basis, as on Wednesday, the FCC announced that they are looking into a possible privacy violation by Google, which occurred when Google sent vehicles to gather information for the “Street View” program on Google Maps. One did not need to be at an unsecured coffee shop network to be at risk, however, as the possible v
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Violent Video Games and the First Amendment
Earlier this month the US Supreme Court heard arguments in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association concerning a California law that prohibits the sale of violent video games to minors. The discussion focused on the application of the First Amendment.
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The Newest Travel Trend is Out of this World
The newest travel trend is literally out of this world. Virgin Galactic is offering flights into outer space for a mere $200,000.
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Motion Denied: Vermont District Court Embraces the Logic of Conte v. Wyeth. Generic-only Plaintiff Will Have Her Day in Court.
For most intents and purposes, brand-name drug manufacturers (“pioneers”) and generic drug manufacturers (“generics”) are strictly competitors, just like competitors in any other section of the market place. However, FDA regulations have created a reality where in at least one aspect of their business, pioneers and generics have their wagons hitched to the same horse. All manufacturers of a particular drug must use the same substantive warning which has been Read more ...
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GPS Tracking, Video Monitoring, and Google Satellite: Dystopia with a side of Myopia
Big brother is watching us. Yes. Wait, you didn’t get the memo? Did someone forget to attach it to the email? News journalists en masse seem surprised and even outraged that we’re being watched by the government through advanced modes of technology and that judges haven’t yet sorted out what forms of warrantless surveillance mechanisms are legal or not. But maybe, just maybe, we should have known that courts would be confused on how to rule on our 4th Amendment rights when the norms of what we consider to be private started to change as rapidly as we started getting updates on
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