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Facebook Patents the News Feed
May 14th, 2012

Just in case you were thinking of patenting a Facebook-ish newsfeed, you’re out of luck.  Facebook has been granted another patent related to the always popular News Feed.  Better luck next time! The title of the patent is, “Communicating a newsfeed of media content based on a memberâ€... Read more »

Computer Implemented Inventions - the Steampunk Test
May 10th, 2012

Computer implemented inventions are often the subject of increased scrutiny at the Patent Office. Debates about software patents and business method patents contribute to this state of affairs, as does the very fact that computers themselves are flexible data processing machinery. To wit, since co... Read more »

Apple in Trade-mark Purgatory
April 27th, 2012

The Apple dispute is a reminder that in the Chinese market, strict compliance with the law is necessary, but is not sufficient. Apple thought it had purchased the worldwide rights to the iPad trade-mark. The original owner, Proview, maintains that it still owns the mark within China. The cour... Read more »

Google Copyright Test Case draws much attention in clarifying responsibility of Video Sharing Websites
April 25th, 2012

On April 20, 2012 a German court in Hamburg ruled on a case initiated by GEMA, a performance rights organization in Germany representing over 60 000 artists collectively, alleging copyright infringement of 12 separate music clips hosted by Google’s YouTube. GEMA alleged Google of not taking the re... Read more »

Louis Vuitton’s Trademark Dilution Win vs. Hyundai - a Canadian Perspective
April 20th, 2012

A number of trademark bloggers south of the border, including Eric Goldman, Techdirt and Citizen Media Law Project, have commented on the surprising decision of a US court in which a one-second appearance of a Louis Vuitton esque basketball in a television commercial was found to violate Louis Vuitt... Read more »

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