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Comment on The Lion Sleeps Forever by Karl Hakkarainen

Karl Hakkarainen — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:26:12 +0000

The BBC did a very good piece about the song last month – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p008k2vt

Comment on Google – in French by ipattorneyfirm (Nancy Baum Delain)

ipattorneyfirm (Nancy Baum Delain) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:30:56 +0000

New blog post: Google – in French http://ipattorneyfirm.com/blog/google-in-french/

Comment on Twitter attempts to trademark the term tweet by ipattorneyfirm (Nancy Baum Delain)

ipattorneyfirm (Nancy Baum Delain) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:37:36 +0000

Twitter’s attempt to register TWEET may be futile exercise in generic trademark; Delain Law Office blog post http://tinyurl.com/mry6ub

Comment on In re Bilski again by rowatch (Rohan Watches)

rowatch (Rohan Watches) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:38:47 +0000

In re Bilski again | Intellectual Property & Business Law: … to be eligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. .. http://tinyurl.com/l5dp8m

Comment on McDonald's loses trademark battle in Malaysia by Topics about Malaysia » Archive » McDonald's loses trademark battle in Malaysia | Intellectual …

Fri, 01 May 2009 05:54:12 +0000

[...] Nancy placed an observative post today on McDonald's loses trademark battle in Malaysia | Intellectual …Here’s a quick excerptMcDonald’s loses trademark battle in Malaysia — chicagotribune.com. Bad news for the home of the Big Mac. As described in this article from the. [...]

Comment on Is online piracy a good thing? – CNN.com by RoasterBoy

RoasterBoy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:03:27 +0000

We’ve long had a similiar model through ASCAP, BMI, and others covering a range of performance and broadcast options. (For more info, see http://bit.ly/gNENr.)
What’s different now, among other things, is that the ease with which we can make, keep, and redistribute copies of these performance and, most importantly, the copies are loss-less. Not long ago, Grateful Dead fans employed a samizdat model of exchanging tapes, making copies of copies. The value of a particular tape was derived, in part, by how few generations the recording was removed from the original (a recording often make directly from the sound engineer’s mixing board). The same applies to recorded TV shows, movies, and live performances. Once the recording is made, the incremental cost of making new copies is next to nil. This has made online piracy practical for the first time.
Also, the recording industries, particularly RIAA, have been so ham-handed in their responses that they’ve bred a culture of mistrust that makes piracy almost an act of freedom fighters. In their hey-day, music companies made obscene amounts of money, charging $15 in 1985 dollars for a product that cost them $3 to produce. It’s almost impossible to view the RIAA’s response as anything but an effort to protect their outrageous profit margins.
So, the recording industry undermined a very real legal and even moral case by managing to abuse both performers and consumers. Obviously, piracy isn’t a legitimate response, but the industries made it almost inevitable.

Comment on Is online piracy a good thing? – CNN.com by Business Law Lawyers, Atlanta Business Attorneys and Lawyers | Atlanta Georgia Business Attorneys

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:46:31 +0000

[...] Intellectual Property %26 Business Law. Discuss the Law of Intellectual Property and Business, with all its permutations, here. Home · About Nancy Delain … Obviously, I, a copyright Lawyer, think that piracy of copyrighted materials is a bad thing. That does not say that I think that file sharing is a bad thing. I’m a huge fan of downloading music and video. The difference is that I pay the 99 cents to iTunes for my download. File sharing is here to stay; it is true, … Is online piracy a good thing? – CNN.com | Intellectual Property … [...]

Comment on Tesla, Awaiting U.S. Aid, Unveils Its Electric Car – NYTimes.com by RoasterBoy

RoasterBoy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:34:38 +0000

Consumer Reports has its review of the Tesla: Shocking: Tesla unveils its Model S electric sedan

Comment on Tesla, Awaiting U.S. Aid, Unveils Its Electric Car – NYTimes.com by Topics about Energycrisis » Archive » Tesla, Awaiting U.S. Aid, Unveils Its Electric Car - NYTimes.com

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:34:55 +0000

[...] Intellectual Property & Business Law added an interesting post on Tesla, Awaiting U.S. Aid, Unveils Its Electric Car – NYTimes.comHere’s a small excerptTesla, Awaiting U.S. Aid, Unveils Its Electric Car – NYTimes.com . (subscription required) A Silicon Valley startup, called Tesla Motors (can’t help but notice the similarity in name to Nicola Tesla, the inventor of the radio … any relation?), has a fully electric sedan that they’re itching to build. They can’t get their design past the modeling stage without a $450M loan from the Feds. Fed loan money has pretty much dried up thanks to the credit crisis, leaving us gas guzzlers laying down our [...]

Comment on The Magic Numbers of Lou Costello by RoasterBoy

RoasterBoy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:42:15 +0000

Thanks much. Just in time for us to prepare our taxes.
It was good to see Shemp Howard as the silent partner in this bit of brilliance.