It’s not exactly news that Apple has an army of lawyers who vehemently fight to protect Apple’s trademarks. You know – words like iPod, iPhone, iTunes… So if you want to avoid the Cupertino company’s wrath, best not stick iTunes in your site’s name, and avoid using Apple’s own logo. More »
Woe be to the humble lawyer and overworked paralegal. Like master chess players and Jeopardy contestants before them, they too are now in the crosshairs of a superior artificial intelligence. More »
In what could signal a worrying trend, some US prosecution and defence lawyers have discovered that social media sites such as Facebook and MySpace may provide valuable clues about the personality of a particular Jury person. More »
Him: “Are you unhappy?” Her: “No, of course not. Why do you ask?” Him: “Well, the few rare times we make love you cry out his name, not mine.” Her: “Who’s name?” Him: “Facebook.” More »
Just following up on this little story from last week — yesterday DViCo’s Aussie distributor, Also Technologies, issued a statement saying they were removing the UK Freeview logo from their marketing, plus materials and packaging, to “avoid confusion”. It’s a shame that the small company has to be the ones to try and stifle all the confusion created by Freeview in Australia, but when the big dogs set your lawyers after you, what’s a small company to do? More »
The University of Mississippi is graduating the first ever space lawyer. While graduate Michael Dodge won’t deal with judges sporting particularly wrinkled foreheads, he did draw his degree from the National Centre for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law. With as long as the world has had satellites in the sky, it’s surprising that space law took so long to break as its own discipline. Because I could use some advice as to my rights with my “Mark Wilson Is Totally Awesome” star, my “Merry Christmas 1994″ star, my “Will You Marry Me Star” and my “Fuck That Bitch, I Was Just Joking” star. Sounds like Dodge signed up just in time. [Space via Newlaunches]
