Tag: Linklog (feed)

ICANN releases list of gTLD applications: Personal favourites include: .afl .cancerresearch (umm, okay?) .changiairport (for all your free WiFi needs) .dog .guardianmedia (and .guardian) .hiv (just the association every brand wants) .melbourne (like .sydney, one of few cities to apply) .northwesternmutual (because everyone wants to type that instead of .com) Looking through this list, it… Read more →

The Pirate Bay has been blocked in India, along with other popular BitTorrent trackers.  This apparently follows an order by the Department of Telecommunications (the legal status of which remains unclear) to block access.  Visitors now see a block message like the one above. Read more →

Google argues mistrial based on partial Oracle jury verdict Read more →

Context-free patent art.  This is really quite excellent. Read more →

Twitter approves defensive patent strategy: The IPA is a new way to do patent assignment that keeps control in the hands of engineers and designers. It is a commitment from Twitter to our employees that patents can only be used for defensive purposes. We will not use the patents from employees’ inventions in offensive litigation… Read more →

“ “Do you understand that no one owns the Java programming language?” lead counsel Robert Van Nest asked. Ellison began a longer answer, but Judge William Alsup interrupted him and said it was a “yes or no” question. Finally Ellison said, “I’m not sure.” “And anyone can use it without royalty?” Van Nest followed up.… Read more →

Image of the day: Amazon book availability by decade (from a random sample of 2500).  If this is representative of the wider catalogue, this paints a very troubling picture of post-copyright reprinting. Read more →

Self-represented litigant #1403: the comic book guy. Read more →

Building spilling books David Pescovitz, boingboing.net “Biografias,” an instal­la­tion by Ali­cia Mar­tin at Casa de Amer­i­ca, Madrid. “5,000 Books Pour Out of a Build­ing in Spain” (via Imag­i­nary Foun­da­tion) This art installation in Madrid is simply fantastic. Read more →

“The ECJ will be asked, ‘Is ACTA in line with the existing treaties, the [shared EU common law], the European Charter of Fundamental Rights? … If the court says no to any of these things, ACTA, in my opinion, is dead.” – The European Parliament is set to refer the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to… Read more →