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Recourse Strategies In the New Age of .XXX Domain Names
February 01, 2012
As the dust settled following the close of Landrush, however, the last (and potentially most contentious) leg of the launch commenced. General availability began on Dec. 6, and .XXX domains are being allocated on a first come basis. Now is the time for trademark, domain name and brand owners to purchase .XXX domains to proactively race to stake a claim in their brand if only as a defensive measure to prevent other domain owners from registering/using their name in a .XXX context. It's a showdown at the .XXX corral.
February issue in PDF format
January 30, 2012
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IP News
January 30, 2012
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
Issues in Terminating Copyright Grants in Sound Recordings
January 30, 2012
The year 2013 may be a watershed in the music industry. It is the year that opens a new window in the Copyright Act through which many post-1977 grants of rights under copyright potentially could be terminated.
The Saga of Omega v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
January 30, 2012
More than seven years after the <i>Omega S.A. v. Costco Wholesale Corp.</i> case began, there has been no trial and the case is now back at the Ninth Circuit for a second time.
Establishing Substantial Non-Infringing Use for Software Under 35 U.S.C. ' 271(c)
January 30, 2012
If sued as a contributory infringer under 35 U.S.C. &sect; 271(c), a software company can prevail if it establishes that the accused software has a substantial non-infringing use. In many cases addressing this issue, however, software companies have usually failed to establish this defense. This article summarizes the particular circumstances that gave rise to these failures, and proposes a particular scenario under which a defendant may succeed in showing that its software is suitable for substantial non-infringing use.
Re-registration of Current Domain Name By New Owner Not ACPA 'Registration'
December 27, 2011
The Ninth Circuit has now concluded that the ACPA does not apply to a domain name that is first registered prior to the time the trademark at issue becomes distinctive, even if the domain name is later re-registered by a new owner. However, the Ninth Circuit also held that the ACPA can apply to new domain names registered by the new owner after the mark acquires distinctiveness.
January issue in PDF format
December 21, 2011
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IP News
December 21, 2011
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
Robert Bosch LLC v. Pylon Mfg. Corp.
December 21, 2011
<i>Robert Bosch LLC v. Pylon Mfg. Corp.</i>, is an important decision that abolishes the presumption of irreparable harm in the context of injunctive relief for patent infringement. The case is also important because the Federal Circuit instructs that courts must still consider "the fundamental nature of patents as property rights granting the owner the right to exclude" when determining whether to issue an injunction.

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