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Apple locks down iPhone trademark, includes 'electronic games' category
Patently Apple has sniffed out the latest, and most comprehensive, trademark registration acquired by Apple on the subject of the iPhone and we thought we'd have a peek. Already entitled to use the brand name under international categories…
February 14 2010, 5:29pm | Comments
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Joojoo terms of sale violate PayPal rules
It would seem that the Fusion Garage lawyers have become so embroiled in the Michael Arrington litigation that they've neglected to read the PayPal User Agreement. There in section II, subsection 4, dubbed "Prohibited Transactions," it states that…
December 21 2009, 9:27am | Comments
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Web Traffic in Sweden Drops 33% in a Single Day After New Anti-Piracy Law is Enacted [Piracy]
Sweden's new anti-piracy policy allows copyright holders to quickly obtain the identity of major pirates and prosecute them directly through the courts, without going through the police. And it's scared a lot of Swedes straight. The drop was…
April 2 2009, 4:30pm | Comments
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Sex With a Vacuum? That's a 90 Day Jail Sentence [Technosexual]
What happens when you are caught making sweet love to a car wash vacuum in Michigan? Apparently, it gets you 90 days in jail for indecent exposure and mandatory drug testing. Seriously though, that sentence must pale in…
March 26 2009, 12:20am | Comments
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Pirate Bay Trial Watch Day 3: The Legendary "King Kong" Defense and Dining With Foes [BitTorrent]
After half the charges against Pirate Bay were dropped yesterday, the prosecution has regrouped and presented amended charges. That's when Carl Lundström's lawyer busted out the King Kong defense—and a legend was born. The action today revolved around…
February 18 2009, 5:00pm | Comments
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Pirate Bay Trial Watch Day 2: Half of the Charges Have Been Dropped [BitTorrent]
Good news, copyright bandits: due to an error by the prosecution in misunderstanding exactly how BitTorrent trackers work, all charges related to "assisting copyright infringement" have been dropped. Halfway there! The mixup came when the prosecution attempted to…
February 17 2009, 2:50pm | Comments
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Tiny Company Sues Apple, Microsoft, and Google, Has Balls the Size of Texas [Frivolous Lawsuits]
Cygnus Systems Inc, a small Michigan company, was recently awarded a patent for thumbnail previews of a file, and celebrated by immediately suing the biggest names in town. Cygnus has named Microsoft's Vista, Apple's OSX and Cover Flow,…
December 27 2008, 8:30pm | Comments
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Speed Tweeting (reports, stats, videos and more) - 24 December 2008
There has been lots of good Twitter news, reports and ideas around this week: The State of the Twittersphere [REPORT] Hubspot has produced their State of the Twittersphere report. A few stats from it: 35% of Twitter users…
December 23 2008, 1:01pm | Comments
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Schwarzenegger Terminates Texting While Driving in California [Cellphones]
California is joining seven other states and Washington DC by imposing a full-on ban of text messaging while driving. The bill signed by the Governator himself imposes a $20 fine for the first offense and $50 for repeat…
September 25 2008, 2:20pm | Comments
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