Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Universal's Takedown Notice goes up in smoke. Universal Music Group (UMG) recently issued a Takedown Notice to YouTube instructing it to remove a song by the Florida based rap band,…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review Con’t.
Holy Super Bowl®! To some folks these images are synonymous, at least on the holy day of Super Bowl Sunday. The National Football League (NFL) takes football very seriously and…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Fake flavor packets fuel legal fury. Tropicana -- No pulp, but plenty of litigation. In my 2012 Geekview New Year's edition, I wrote about a federal class action lawsuit recently filed…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
WVU says F* You to Kevin Ford. Kevin Ford owns a company named MivaMan, which makes and sells some pretty silly and somewhat irreverent t-shirts at fastees.com. Apparently, West Virginia…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review — New Year’s Edition
Hell's Bells!! A bitter battle between BELL brew brands. Bell's Brewery tells Winery Exchange its new COPPER BELL beer leaves a bitter taste in Bell's mouth. Bell's Brewery is a…
Geekview IP Week(ish) in Review
The Marleys -- as musically talented as they are litigious! Boy, was this album title prophetic. I doubt there's a person on the planet who would challenge Bob Marley's legendary…
No Yoga for You! Yoga to the People in the hot seat for copyright and trademark infringement
Was yoga historically "open source?" Even if it was, does that matter under U.S. Jurisprudence? My guess is that it does not. What do you think? Read on and see…
Colbert Gets Saucy with SOPA – Stop Online Piracy Act
The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Stop Online Piracy Act www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive Last night, my second favorite…
Geekview Thanksgiving Edition – Gratitude for the Absurdities of IP (Part I)
I'm grateful that someone goes by the name Pitbull. Dog fighting is illegal, but that didn't stop Lindsay Lohan from filing a lawsuit this past summer against rappers Pitbull, Ne-Yo…
Geekview IP Week(ish) in Review
TV One claims BET and MTV stole the essence of the Essence. TV one recently sued BET and MTV for stealing its show. Literally! According to TV One, first BET…