November 26th 2008
The Web Guild reports that Google is quietly laying off up to 10,000 staff. This report is now being picked up by larger news outlets. Citing anonymous sources, Web Guild says that part of the layoff includes 500 recruiters. Though Google is cutting back, its method is stealthy. Though Google reports just over 21,000 full-time […]
November 25th 2008
I simply didn’t expect this. INTA, The World Intellectual Property Review, and TelNic hosted a webinar to discuss the “revolutionary” landscape ICANN has proposed by opening up top-level domain ownership. There was real dissension against ICANN’s vision, and at best, muted support. You may view the recorded program for free. <Use IE, there seems to be […]
November 24th 2008
There has been plenty of discussion on Useful Arts about what ICANN describes as the “revolutionary” landscape it is set to unleash. Some examples include: Life on Earth to Continue Despite ICANN, and Why Does Telnic Think Anyone Wants a Domain Named After The Phone? Tuesday morning at 9AM you can hear an impressive group […]
November 17th 2008
With the approach of the the December 3rd sunrise period for owners of trademarks to register .tel domains, brand owners have a decision to make. The .tel domain is innovative, but is a domain named after the phone really going to be a hot new innovation? .Tel: A Domain with no Websites, Just Contact Data Most […]
November 10th 2008
I didn’t make this up. Really. Demolishing stereotypes. Acknowledging strengths. A publication for women, not of a certain experience level – but of a certain attitude. For $50 you can subscribe to a magazine which, hopefully, will see its first issue. Considering its subscriber base, it had better. Some magazines publish “user-generated content”, but in […]
November 10th 2008
Linden Labs makes the bulk of its proceeds by “selling land.” That is, people pay a monthly fee for server time to build space stations, office parks, night clubs or elf lairs they can call their own. And just as the global housing market has dropped, so has its virtual-world counterpart. The Silicon Alley Insider […]
November 7th 2008
Last week, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Stephen Kelleher delivered a landmark decision affirming the use of links in online speech in Canada. It was distinguished in its absolute sensibility. Vancouver businessmen Wayne Crookes, once an important federal Green Party of Canada official, sued Jon Newton, the operator of p2p.net, for linking to four articles […]
November 5th 2008
Dave Child is a web developer from Brighton, UK. He ran sites for Juno Records in London, and does online marketing. Along the way, he picked up the nickname Jack Daniels for the bottle he kept on his desk. So when he wanted to start a site to provide tech resources to other programmers, he registered […]
November 4th 2008
This is outside our normal “online law” topic, but if your practice deals with pharmaceutical issues you may be interested. I’m helping promote an educational webinar for pharmaceutical lawyers to discuss new FDA and USPTO regulations for drug naming. Please take a look and, if you like, plan to join us. The importance of drug […]
November 3rd 2008
In the last days of the longest and most expensive presidential campaign ever, both sides are using email aggressively. And why not? Email is cheap, campaigns are desperate, and they are exempt from CAN-SPAM regulations. That’s right. Political and religious speech are explicitly made exempt within CAN-SPAM’s regulations. When this law was framed, the exemption […]
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