http://www.godfreadlaw.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:48:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's even a blog about it. I use Yelp! only occasionally but I do rely on reviews on Google and elsewhere. This can be a touchy subject for many small business owners as they can and do find customers through online reviews.I found my barber through those reviews ... http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/yelp-sued-in-class-action-over-extortion Jeff Pesek and I recently interviewed Justin Porter who works with the University of Minnesota Office of Technology Commercialization. The OTC harnesses some great innovation that comes out of the University and helps bring it to market by either licensing it, or finding the right people to help ... http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/techdotmn-podcast-with-justin-porter There are a number of sources of free legal documents and free or cheap legal document generators online. This is overall good news and should not in any way be a real threat to attorneys. But people often confuse a document for a solution to a legal problem. ... http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/dont-confuse-your-attorney-with-a-paper-dispenser I found this article by Chris Hartman amusing because the word "theft" is used so frequently outside of its literal legal definition. The article searches Google for instances when people write "_______ is theft" with the rankings shown below. Its a brilliant example of how people distort the truth by ... http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/what-is-theft Actually, I don't think they even make computer manuals any more. At least not ones that come with your computer. Either way, this manual from a Franklin Ace 1000 is seems so foreign, so unlike any documentation you might get today that its almost amusing. Its part ... http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/they-dont-make-computer-manuals-like-this-anymore Domino\'s Pizza Defines Puffery This commercial amused me so much. Puffery is one of those terms that when you first hear it, you assume you misunderstood because it couldn't possibly be a real legal term. But it is. Basically, puffery is exagerated praise for promoting or selling products. ... http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/puffery Victoria Espinel the Copyright Infringement Czar for the Obama Administration, wants to gather public input as to how the US should enforce copyright infringement. Here is part of the official summary of the request: This request for comments and for recommendations for an improved enforcement ... http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/copyright-czar-wants-your-input Thanks to Google you can find just about every existing name or trademark that exists with one little tool. . . right? Well, almost. It is possible to use Google and the Patent & Trademark Office's own database to see if your brand idea is free to use, ... http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/searching-for-trademarks Story at Wall Street Journal. http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/dont-tweet-about-the-olympics-either Video at Colbert Nation Its true, the Olympics have something of a super-trademark law status. This includes uses outside of athletic events as well. In addition to any rights given under trademark law, the Amateur Sports Act reserves the use of the word "Olympics", "Olympiad", "Citius Altius Fortius" as ... http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/the-olympics-will-sue-you