Archive for January 17th, 2010

Forbes Gets $300000 From Cybersquatter – The Moscow Times


Pravda
Forbes Gets $300000 From Cybersquatter
The Moscow Times
The Russian edition of Forbes has won the use of the domain name Forbes.ru and a record $300000 in damages from a cybersquatter in a
Forbes Wins Domain Name Lawsuit Against Russian Travel AgencyPravda
Domain name news: Forbes wins court battle in RussiaGlobal Gold Internet Services

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Only first notice on bounced cheque valid – Business Standard

Only first notice on bounced cheque valid
Business Standard
“Blocking of trademark and blocking of trade name are not looked upon kindly by the courts. It has become a practice to block important domain names,

McNamara’s meltdown – Sunday Business Post

McNamara's meltdown
Sunday Business Post
But the court row with a group of private investors lined up by Davy Stockbrokers brought into the public domain just how much his property business had

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Does the Fourth Amendment cover ‘the cloud’? – CNET


CNET
Does the Fourth Amendment cover 'the cloud'?
CNET
Of course, if you publish your data on a Web, ie intentionally made in available to anybody, like posting on Facebook, it is a public domain.

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County computer consultant set up re-election Web site for Bill Mason – Plain Dealer (blog)


Plain Dealer (blog)
County computer consultant set up re-election Web site for Bill Mason
Plain Dealer (blog)
April 2003: Szigeti registers the domain name billmason.us, which is used as Mason's re-election campaign Web site. He does so using the e-mail address

AB Inbev in legal battle for domain name – UPI.com


The Money Times
AB Inbev in legal battle for domain name
UPI.com
He has done little with the name, although he has a Web site with a logo for his dating service. The courts have become more sympathetic to trademark
AB InBev fighting mad over abinbev.comSt. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Portrait of a Celtic Tiger marriage in detritus of life and death – Irish Independent

Portrait of a Celtic Tiger marriage in detritus of life and death
Irish Independent
A good-looking young woman, a former model and aspiring actor, Celine had come from a comfortable middle-class family of lawyers and advertising executives.

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Plagiarism: in the words of someone else… there’s little new in literature – The Guardian

Plagiarism: in the words of someone else… there's little new in literature
The Guardian
Free-thinking American professors such as James Boyle (The Public Domain) and Lawrence Lessig (Free Culture) have begun to develop radical new theories

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