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Patent Assignment: Distinguishing Trolls from Legitimate Assignees, Part 2
My colleague, Ben Gornall, Patent and Trademark Consultant, has continued our earlier discussion. My initial post was “IP Litigation as a(n Illegal) Business Model“, to which Ben commented here. I replied with “Patent Assignment: Trolling the Gap between Potential and … Continue reading
Patent Assignment: Distinguishing Trolls from Legitimate Assignees, Part 1
My colleague, Ben Gornall, Patent and Trademark Consultant, has continued our earlier discussion. My initial post was “IP Litigation as a(n Illegal) Business Model“, to which Ben commented here. I replied with “Patent Assignment: Trolling the Gap between Potential and … Continue reading
Patent Assignment: Trolling the Gap between Potential and Actual Usefulness
How many of the would-be defendants simply negotiate the licence – not a one-time settlement but an ongoing licence (perhaps under duress?) – to avoid the more costly lawsuit, even though they have no intention of using the patented matter any further?
Here we come to the difference between potential usefulness, which speculation underlies the granting of the patent, and actual usefulness, evidence of which underlies the infringement lawsuit. Continue reading
Hulu and the NHL, follow-up
In response to a comment received putting succinctly Mr. Bettman’s effect on the NHL, I would like to present two screen captures comparing the customer relations aspects of licensing issue manifestations. We have the new South Park Studios web site, … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property
Tagged Gary Bettman, hulu, licensing, nhl, rebroadcast, South Park, webcast
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Hulu and the NHL
Michael Geist pointed out that the NHL webcast on Hulu.com is blocked to Canadians. It was pointed out in the comments that it seems blocked to other non-Americans as well. I added my $0.02 (i.e. this is my comment on … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property
Tagged circumvention, hulu, licensing, nhl, rebroadcast, webcast
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Collective mens rea? Or a lack of musical supply…
Ben Jones of TorrentFreak published an article a couple of weeks ago discussing the 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey in the U.K., in which it was revealed not only that so-called “piracy” is rampant, even among the generally non-criminal element. What’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Intellectual Property
Tagged copyfight, entertainment survey, licensing, mp3, music, pop culture, RIAA
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Ford gets confused and shoots itself in the foot
So Ford Motor Company is a little bit confused. They are claiming some form of intellectual property in photographs of specific Ford Mustangs. Not in the abstract image of the iconic car, but in the photographs taken by enthusiastic owners … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Intellectual Property
Tagged black mustang club, copyright, ford, ford motor company, Intellectual Property, licensing, mustang, trademark
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