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Update in Golan v. Ashcroft

Thanks to the excellent work of lawyers at Wheeler, Trigg & Kennedy, we’ve now convinced the court of the importance of discovery to demonstrate the actual…

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Townsend takes Pro Bobble case

Kudos to William Gallagher at Townsend for stepping up to defend the makers of Arnold Schwartzenegger bobble-head dolls, pro bono publico.  Press Release.…

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AusCERT 2004

Jennifer Granick will speak at next week's AusCERT 2004 conference in Australia. Registration is still open.…

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Lose Yoursuit

How did I miss this?  Obnoxious rapper Eminem has sued Apple for using his composition "Lose Yourself" in a commercial for iPod.   In the Apple commer…

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"Neiman Carcass" is Amusing, Not Confusing

The Fund for Animals runs a website using the domain names neimancarcass.com, neimancarcass.org and, of course, neimancarcass.net.  As the domain name suggests,…

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Pop goes the Lawsuit

LL Bean sued 4 companies in Portland, Maine today claiming that the companies deployment of pop-up ads using "LL Bean" as a trigger infringed its trad…

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Siva out of the Library

Last night I finally got to meet Siva, on tour promoting his cool new book The Anarchist in the Library, which he was kind enough to sign for me.   I've bee…

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If the World Could Vote in November

The power of the American leader over the entire world population is quite stunning.  This unhappiness with how this power has been wielded leads some in Europe…

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Illegal Art?

My column for Findlaw yesterday discusses the global intellectual property activism of Superflex, a Danish art group.…

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Threats and Torture Officially Approved

Official guidelines for interrogation permitted abuse, according to an NBC News report: The [Geneva] conventions state specifically that while being interrogat…