Weak marks protection.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 31.08.2005
According to the UK Patent Office information, avaliable on www.patent.gov.uk website more than 80% of small and medium-sized enterprises have not registered the name of their business as a trade mark.
How similiar is TV serial 
to condoms
like 
?
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 31.08.2005
The website www.nawspolnej.onet.pl of this TV serial. Can some confirm that those condoms pictures are real? This serial is licensed - www.online.rtlklub.hu/baratokkozt, Hungarian website. Another Internet joke?
The Seminar on designs.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 30.08.2005
The Seminar on the Hague System of the International Registration of Industrial Designs addopted by the Union diplomatic conference on July 2, 1999. Details on www.wipo.int/hague website.
sues Chinese.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 30.08.2005
The article about a suit against the Aile Clothing and Shoe Company on www.chinadaily.com.cn website.
Where two fights 
wins.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 30.08.2005
The story goes on, the mess about MP3 portable player user interface is not ended yet. Creative Technology issued a statement that it has been awarded US patent no 6,928,433. I recommend you reading claims. The article on www.zdent.com website about this issue.
Counterfeited 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 30.08.2005
Six people pleaded guilty counterfeiting and selling wristbrands which are the symbol of Lance Armstrong Foundation. More details in the article on www.news.aol.com website.
Sanity in the 
patent.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 30.08.2005
Check those claims in the US patent no 6,935,954. A thread on www.slashdot.org website.
NO fakes.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 29.08.2005
Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy. Its www.stopfakes.gov website.
RMS about Linux trademark.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 28.08.2005
Richard Stallman was interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald. There is a story about it in the article on www.zdnet.co.uk website. There are some comments about this issue in the thread on www.slashdot.org website.
remixes.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 24.08.2005
The article on www.www.wired.com website is about Windows OS "remixes" avaliable in the net. If You will make a small research one may find such warez releases like Ultimate.Recovery.AllInOne.Multilanguage.BootCD.INTERNAL-EcHoS (with Partition Magic 8.2, Paragon Partition Manager 5.5, Ranish Partition Manager 2.44 and others included. More details in the echos-raiobcd.nfo file). In the All.Adobe.DVD-XiSO warez release you may find Acrobat Capture 3.0, Acrobat 6.0 Professional, After Effects 6.5, Atmosphere, Audition 1.5, Dimensions 3.0, Document Server 6.0 and many others, as usually more details about the content of this image file in the all.adobe.dvd-xiso.nfo file. There were such releases as All.Windows.DVD-XiSO (the content of this release presents WIN.AIO.DVD-XISO.NFO file) and All.Office.DVD-XiSO (about the content of this release you may read in the All.Office.DVD-XiSO.nfo file) avaliable in the net, packed and ready to burn DVD image files with all Windows OS etc.
Linux trademark rights.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 23.08.2005
The article about the Linux trademark licensing confusion on www.internetnews.com website.
.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 23.08.2005
The educational campaign is organized by the "ProMarka Society" and it is devoted to the awarness selection of products. Since all those smallest purchase decisions are very important. A brand is confidence, tradition, experience, responsibility, innovation and trusted technologies. Choosing a brand you acquire a warranty of the high quality and safety. Well my dear English readers its the Polish campaign so you did not probably see all those billboards. And this www.marka.com website is in Polish too. Sorry.
for sale.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
The article that Tommy Hilfiger Corp. plans to sell its shares on auction on www.bloomberg.com website. I'd like to have only the trademark.
Windows Genuine Advantage.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
Rafael Rivera writes "two weeks ago, I posted simple javascripts to circumvent the dreaded Windows Genuine Advantage system for the sake of my and others clicky-finger. It was this day, or maybe a few days later, that Microsoft's PR looneys acknoledged the fact it can be worked around and will be patching up the holes in the "next version". Ok, so where's this "next version"?" More info one www.extended64.com/blogs/rafael. There are such releases like Windows.Genuine.Advantage.and.Javascript.Workaround.REPACK.iNTERNAL-DS9 too.
The snoring patent mess.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
The article on www.cnybj.com website about legal troubles with US patent no 5,427,117.
.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
I recalled myself a confusion about the logotype on www.poland.gov.pl website. I missed this info in 2002 so I'm posting it now. Comments to this issue on www.rzeczpospolita.pl website (sorry English readers its in Polish language), there's an intresting letter from Jerzy Janiszewski' wife too.
- symbol, logo, that changed the world.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
There is 25th anniversary of the Solidarity. The history of people who changed Poland and the world. A sign that is recognizable almost everywhere. Jerzy Janiszewski designed it. There is a lot of websites devoted to this anniversary. One of them is www.solidarnosc.gov.pl and it has very strange copyright note. I gave this link to Piotr Waglowski before and he commented this on his website - www.vagla.pl.
Is there the end of cracked software?
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
The end of copyright crimes against the computer software? I admit the subject is a little bit exaggerated. But according to the delirium.nfo (I recomend to see it with the font Terminal, size 9), written by the DELiRiUM/H20 group in its Steinberg.Cubase.SX.v3.0.DVDR-DELiRiUM release:
"We admit that it's getting harder and harder to do and this one may possibly be the last one we do. Due to the complex nature of the protection we thought of approaching it from another direction. The Emulation is now done on driver-level, which means that the Emu essentially mimics a dongle, look in the License Control Center to view the applications the Emu supports. By writing the Emu at driver - level we probably went beyond cracking an application. The amount of effort invested in this project is staggering , estimated at over 1500 manhours during cracking, developing & testing, and probably will never be done again."
There is an interesting message for protection programmers:
"Unbelievable way you transform an application. We estimate that between 30% & 40% of the application are wrapped in the script protection. Protection is one thing but this surely effects an application performance. You probably could get a performance gain of 50% without the protection!!
Think about this : Once broken, the protection is , what ????"
I recommend buying legitimate software on the margin of this info.
GPLed.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
The id Software released its game Quake III on GPL. Its avaliable to download from ftp.idsoftware.com server (ZIP file). Respect John Carmack.
and 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
A little confusion. Something for academics. Additionally the official Artemis Solutions Group website - www.artemis-usa.com and the official Artemis Solutions Group website - www.artemis-solutions.com.
settles trademark dispute with 
.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
Artemis Solution Group and Microsoft Corporation jointly announced they have reached a confidential settlement agreement resolving a trademark infringement action filed by ASG regarding its registered trademark, BioCert®. The official press release.
access.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, access the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of June 15, 1957, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and at Geneva on May 13, 1977, and amended on September 28, 1979. The Agreement will enter into force for Saint Kitts and Nevis on October 27, 2005. WIPO's official press release.
access.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.08.2005
The State of Qatar access he WIPO Copyright Treaty, adopted at Geneva on December 20, 1996. WIPO's official press release. The said Treaty will enter into force, with respect to the State of Qatar, on October 28, 2005. The State of Qatar access to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, adopted at Geneva on December 20, 1996 too. WIPO's official press release. The said Treaty will enter into force, with respect to the State of Qatar, on October 28, 2005
changes for 
, will this happen to 
too?
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 19.08.2005
The article about the rebranding on www.digital-lifestyles.info website.
v. 
.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
There is alot of messages written about this issue so I'll follow the line of least resistance. There are links avaliable to articles about this court case over trademarks on www.news.google.com website.
Pluses and minuses.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
The Joseph E. Stiglitz's article about Intellectual-property rights and wrongs on www.dailytimes.com.pk website.
Main known threats for the music industry.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
Read the Mitch Bainwol's (RIAA's CEO) presentation on www.boingboing.net website, PDF file.
The PCPA trains.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
There's rarely posted something new, but in the post dated on 11 August 2005 you may read that the Polish Chanber of Patent Attorneys in cooperation with The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Marktet (Alicante) hosts the conference about the CTM the CD issues on 11 and 12 October 2005 (www.rzecznikpatentowy.org.pl - info in Polish language, sorry).
Hillary on Larry.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
Hillary Rosen's (ex RIAA) thoughts about IP and other issues are currently posted on Larry Lessig' s web blog - www.lessig.org.
A guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System web-based public accessible sources.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
Gretchen Feltes' article on www.nyulawglobal.org website.
Is there any problem with .xxx domain?
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
The U.S. govt. has issued some objections. The article about ICANN's problem on www.washingtonpost.com website.
as "the first" japanease in China.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
Nissan Motor said it has become the first Japanese carmaker to be granted a trademark for its brand in China. The article on www.forbes.com website.
A history of 
most famous product.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
Primo. It is not a sponsored link or news. Secundo. The history of Photoshop software on www.storyphoto.com website. The link about Photoshop's splash screens (www.photoshopnews.com) is taken from Jason Kottke's web blog - www.kottke.org. For the "balance" in the scale: software distributed with GNU licence from one side to software distributed on proprietary licences on the second side - GIMP's splash screens history on www.gimp.org website.
sued.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.08.2005
Intervideo sues Dell over patent rights covered in US patent no 6,765,788. The same laconic information is on www.theinquirer.net website.
Only 1000 or more than 1000?
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 16.08.2005
UK Patent Office has made the electronic patent filling service sine year 2004. The article on www.publictechnology.net website includes a question why there is only 1000 online patent applications filled during this one year period.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 16.08.2005
Microsoft presents a new logotype for the Internet Explorer 7 web browser. More informations www.blogs.msdn.com website.
Trademarks critique.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 14.08.2005
Check www.splorp.com, www.lekowicz.com and www.50cups.com websites. Designers critique trends in trademarks/logotypes.
not for ferrets.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 14.08.2005
U.S. Olympic Committee forced name change for ferret competition which was organized by Melanee Ellis since 1996. The article with more details of this issue on www.kgw.com website. Remeber there is the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol, adopted at Nairobi on September 26, 1981. PDF file.
looses. Will 
be fired?!
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 13.08.2005
Ok, no more lame jokes. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. reported a loss in its second quarter due to a large number of retail returns for DVDs of its films "Shrek 2" and "Shark Tale". The article on www.reuters.com website. I wonder which reason was that, the price of a retail DVD or releases as:
Shrek.2.FS.DVDRiP.XviD-BRUTUS
Shrek.2.WS.DVDRip.XviD-BRUTUS
Shrek_2.FRENCH.DVDRip.XViD-LiQUiDE
Shrek.2.WS.DVDRip.XviD.Hungarian-LUMiERE
Shrek.2.FS.DVDRip.XviD.Hungarian-LUMiERE
Shrek.2.2004.iTALiAN.DVDRip.XviD-ItWz
and many others that you could find in the net since 2004.
Copyright and software from 
.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 13.08.2005
All Apple's operating systems were designed only for Apple's branded computers. Meanwhile a very clever hacker found a way to run MAC OSX on x86 platforms. Check www.xplodenet.com website. There is Mac.OSX.x86.HDD.Image-iND and similiar releases in the net (P2P networks and ftp servers).
and furnitures made from boxes.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 13.08.2005
Jose makes furnitures from FedEx's boxes (more details on www.fedexfurniture.com website). There are legal troubles appearing as it usually is in States. FedEx's lawyers had sent a letter (PDF file) with a legal opinion in which they demand to cease such production, invoking The Digital Millennium Copyright Act from 1998 (PDF file too) as their legal grounds. It is very strange move IMHO, based on what purposes the DMCA was passed. There is a big possibility that the potential court case may end like the case Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Skylink Technologies, Inc. (381 F.3d 1178). You can find more news about this case on www.eff.org website.
PatentPod.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 13.08.2005
A Patent Law blog (Blawg) for U.S. patent case law summaries and U.S. court opinions in digital audio format (MP3). Check the www.patentpod.com website.
IP law protection in Russia.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 13.08.2005
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks published its annual report for 2004 about Legal protection of Intellectual Property rights.
stops.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 13.08.2005
Google's Print project (a search engine and the databse of full text of books avaliable online) is stopped because of copyright issues that came from several groups, including publishers. More news in the article on www.news.com website.
settles patent dispute.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 13.08.2005
It was all about US patents 5,708,780, 5,909,492 and 5,715,314 and $40 million settlement with Soverain Software. Articles on www.reuters.com, www.zdnet.com websites.
Is this another bold and controversial patent for ?
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 12.08.2005
Check the patent application no 20050177789.
The open source patent's portfolio.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 11.08.2005
The Open Source Development Labs started a project that will aggregate information on patents that have been pledged to the open-source community developers. More about this issue in the article on www.news.com website.
EULA's in ebooks.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 10.08.2005
You will have to read such books very fast because those ebooks have expiration dates protection implemented. The article on www.zdnet.com website. EULA is The End User Licence Agreement.
8th IPC edition.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 10.08.2005
There is the 8th International Patent Classification avaliable on www.wipo.int website and it will enter into force on January 1, 2006. The current, seventh, edition of the IPC is in force based on The Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification of March 24, 1971,as amended on September 28, 1979.
The WIPO is happy because of the rights of indigenous peoples.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 10.08.2005
WIPO's official press release with Dr. Kamil Idris' warm satisfaction on progressive steps being taken by the international community towards effective recognition and enjoyment of the rights of indigenous peoples
Copyright protection from 
.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 10.08.2005
Sony tries to make a prefect copy protection. According to the article avaliable on www.cdrinfo.pl website (sorry English readers its in Polish) there is not a perfect one yet. Since June 2004 you can find a release called Foo_Fighters-In_Your_Honor-2CD-2005-XXL in the net. The original CD has implemented mentioned copy protection mentioned in the article.
makes patents life harder.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 10.08.2005
According to the article avaliable on www.appleinsider.com website a patent owned by Microsoft (see patent application no 10/158,674 and by the way see patent application no 20040055446 too) was an obstacle for patent protection for iPod's interface. The same story is described in the article in www.theregister.co.uk website.
against 
new trademark.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 09.08.2005
The whole "legal mess" is all about Coca Cola's new product - Ipsei. More details of the case decribed in th article on www.brandrepublic.com website.
Patents and software.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 08.08.2005
EPO has launched a website concerning the patentability of Computer Implemented Inventions (CII) and their relevance to the EPO. It is avaliable at www.cii.european-patent-office.org address.
About protection yet.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.08.2005
I mean Microsoft "Genuine Advantage" (more details about this protection/policy on www.microsoft.com website). In the meantime you need to do a little reasearch in the net and you can find Windows.Genuine.Advantage.Validation.Tool.Patch-TWK release. There's an info file which decribes what should you do with \WINDOWS\system32\LegitCheckControl.dll file to bypass the protection. There is a How.To.Bypass.Windows.Genuine.Advantage.GUIDE.Win2kXP-FLAW release, which contains the information published on www.boingboing.net website.
IP piracy in the European Union.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.08.2005
Proposal for the European Parliament and the Council directive COM(2005)0276 on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (PDF file). The official press release of The European Commission. Anna Wlodarczyk's article on www.rzeczpospolita.pl (in Polish sorry), a thread on www.slashdot.org website and the article on www.wired.com website.
American company and trademarks in China.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.08.2005
A Chinese pharmaceutical company Henan Shuaike Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has filled a lawsuit against its American rival, Warner Health Products for trademark infringement. More details in the article on www.people.com.cn website.
A problem with the trademark of 
guitars.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.08.2005
A short article about the suit agains Moser Custom Shop Moser Custom Shop for trademark infringement in connection with the MCS Spawn guitar on www.roadrunnerrecords.com website.
Copyright, patents or design patents for Polish Army's uniforms?
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 05.08.2005
The article about this problem on www.onet.pl website (in Polish sorry).
access.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 04.08.2005
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, accessed to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), The Federation deposited its instrument of accession at WIPO on July 27, 2005. The Treaty will enter into force for Saint Kitts and Nevis on October 27, 2005. WIPO's official press release.
"All" trademarks for .
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 03.08.2005
Its all about Rebook's trademakrs which shares were bought by Adidas. The article on www.forbes.com website.
Does euro banknotes "infringe" patent rights?
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 01.08.2005
Read about the suit against the European Central Bank in the article on www.bloomberg.com website. The case is T-295/05, Document Security Systems Inc. v European Central Bank. Brought before The European Court of First Instance.
policy for trademarks.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 01.08.2005
Don Tennant strongly criticises Microsoft's trademark and domain names policy. More details in the article on www.computerworld.com website.
