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Wall Street rules
likelihoodofconfusion.com - 10/7/2009
Wall Street rules
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When doesn’t the law defer to Internet anonymity? Is it when lives and reputations are ruined? Do they bend when privacy is broached, families are smeared, confidences betrayed on Web servers and Internet archives and caches that never die? Probably not. On the other hand, when ...
Hall of shame
likelihoodofconfusion.com - 10/14/2009
Hall of shame
— likelihoodofconfusion.com — Trademark infringement claims, especially based on Internet use — where no real damage need ever be proved,... or even pleaded, to maintain an action — remain the handmaidens of litigants with deep pockets and think skins utilizing the courts to silence critics. Paul Levy ... (more) Hall of shame
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Knockoff News
likelihoodofconfusion.com - 10/5/2009
Knockoff News
— likelihoodofconfusion.com — Counterfeit Chic’s 69th edition of the karnival of kounterfeits was posted last week! Originally posted 2007-09-19 16:49:10.... Republished by Old Post Promoter (more) Knockoff News
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likelihoodofconfusion.com - 10/5/2009
Copyright belongs to the ages
— likelihoodofconfusion.com — Media Wonk: No wonder they call Economics the Dismal Science. At the Internet Video Policy Symposium in... Washington yesterday (co-sponsored by Content Agenda), a chorus line of academic economists postulated that content owners face a far more difficult challenge than they know in monetizing ... (more) Copyright belongs to the ages
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