President Obama in an electronic fireside hangout discussing patent trolls and software patents: acknowledging problem and admitting we’re “about halfway to where we need to go.” Via @slashdot and @eff. Cross-posted to Infoglut Tumblr.
For the odd trademarks file: Stephen Colbert mocks DiGiorno’s new product: PIZZA and WYNGZ. Shockingly, Wyngz are not made of chicken wings. (Ok, maybe not so shockingly.) According to Colbert, the name was chosen because of laws regulating non-chicken wing products. As Colbert puts it, the term WYNGZ is “a government-mandated way of getting around […]
For those who love both trademark law and hot sauces, I give you P.E.T.A. (People Eating Tasty Animals) hot sauce. (For non-trademark folks, see http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/stjohns/PETA_v_Doughney.html). Cross-posted to Infoglut Tumblr.
Here’s an excerpt from today’s press release: The Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and Google today announced a groundbreaking settlement agreement on behalf of a broad class of authors and publishers worldwide that would expand online access to millions of in-copyright books and other written materials in the U.S. from the collections […]
