100 most valuable brands.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 28.07.2006
A report on www.businessweek.com website.
GPLv3, 2nd discussion draft.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 28.07.2006
Check www.fsf.org website for more details
Copyright law in France.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 28.07.2006
Short summary on the implementation of the Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society into French law on www.soufron.typhon.net website.
74,000 domains suspended.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 25.07.2006
EURid will not allow to speculate with rights to domain names. Information on www.eurid.eu website.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 25.07.2006
Well knows trademarks/logotypes in web 2.0 style are avaliable to watch on www.yayhooray.com website.
Identity changes.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 22.07.2006
A review of the best 2006 corporate identity changes is avaliable on www.identityworks.com website.
DRM issues.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.07.2006
The article about cracking DRMs (in a past) on www.arstechnica.com website. The article about selling stuff without DRMs (technical protection measures or whatever ;) by Yahoo on www.wired.com website. And well well well Hollywood's accept downloadable movies that can be legally burned to a DVD, just check the article on www.theage.com.au website.
Mr 
logotype.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.07.2006
Do you know who's Dennis Hwang? He is the person who creates all those crazy Google logotypes. The article on www.cnn.com.
Missed case of the COJ.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.07.2006
Case C-214/05 P, Rossi v. OHIM.
FLOSS in Slovenia.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.07.2006
Some issues in the document avaliable on www.mss.gov.si website (MS Word format). I can't understand it but I trust informations from www.7thguard.net.
FLOSS in the European Union.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.07.2006
European Parliament's resolution concerning free/libre open source software is avaliable on www.europarl.europa.eu website.
Logo for the European Union.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 18.07.2006
On 25 March 2007 the European Union will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome - the origin of the European integration process. For this occasion, the European Union invites you: students of art and related disciplines and young design professionals to take part in the competition and design a logo. More details on www.logo-competition.eu website.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 14.07.2006
Anti DRM book for children is avaliable on www.dustrunners.blogspot.com website.
The Court of Justice judgement and opinion.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 13.07.2006
Case C-316/05, Nokia.
Case C-61/05, Commission v. Portugal.
The CFI judgements.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 12.07.2006
Case T-323/03, La Baronia de Turis v. OHIM.
Case T-252/04, Caviar Anzali v. OHIM.
Case T-247/03, Torres v. OHIM.
Case T-247/03, Rossi v. OHMI.
Case T-277/04, Vitakraft-Werke Wührmann v. OHMI.
FLOSS software in the national interest.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 12.07.2006
You may read that in the report from the Department of Defense's Advanced Systems and Concepts Office. All document is avaliable on www.acq.osd.mil website (PDF file). I think those are very interesting conclusions. Simply the whole FLOSS idea is dedicated pro publico bono. I think that world/countires economy just needs more single and medium enterprises based on what the FLOSS movement has to offer. The FSF, OSI and a lot of businesses and individuals are slowly and since a long time tipping the scale of ideas (among other things ideas of copyright law) about software in favour of free/libre and open source software. In my humble opinion it is in the interest of individuals (as consumers and businesses) and any other values.
ads.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 10.07.2006
Nice collection of mostly Apple advertising movies on www.esm.psu.edu website. Done by Gary L. Gray. An interestin disclaimer at the bottom of the page. All rights reserved. All video content is the copyright of third parties. :)
Cracked 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 08.07.2006
Check the article on www.newswise.com website. They thought about some copyright issues.
"Buggy" AACS.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 08.07.2006
Advanced Access Content System is a content protection system for Blu-ray Disc i HD DVD technologies. It has a "bug" which allows without any problem to circumvent this protection. More details in the article on www.heise-security.co.uk website. Anyway, Lech Johansen is ready to break the AACS as he did with CSS. Is there still anybody who wants to opt-in for DRM solutions if even its creators can not deal with it? I do not care if the DRM term is proper one. It does not work. The same applies to the law which protects such "rights".
E-GIODO.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 08.07.2006
Electronic platform for communication with the Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data. Avaliable at www.egiodo.giodo.gov.pl website. This project costed 1,6 million złotych. You will be able to fill electronic application for registering personal data collections.
The CFI judgement.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 07.07.2006
Case C-53/05, Commission v. Portugal.
Passwords from FBI.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.07.2006
The FBI Password database was easily "compromised" by the FBI consultant in 2004. He told he just needed quick access to some data as a reason of such behaviour. Read more in the article on www.seattletimes.com website.
Real trademarks in virtual worlds.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.07.2006
Check Marty Schwimmer's post on his www.schwimmerlegal.com website.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.07.2006
Can it be seen as trademark dilution? Just check (or not if you are under 18 years old ;) www.youtube.com and www.pornotube.com websites. NSFW for sure!
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.07.2006
Very interesting and funny designs of barcodes on www.springwise.com website. Additionaly check wwww.barcodepedia.com website.
trade secrets.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.07.2006
Three people, employees of the Coca-Cola Company, have been arrested and charged with "stealing" trade secrets about drink recipes from The Coca-Cola Co. and trying to sell it to the competitor, PepsiCo Inc. Read the article on www.cnn.com website. "Theft" of trade secrets is a federal crime. Trade secrets laws are unified/regulated in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (adopted in almost 40 states). "Theft" of trade secrets is prosecuted based on the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-294 (October 11, 1996), 110 Stat. 3488. Title 18, U.S.C. §§1831-1839.)
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 05.07.2006
I am a comics freak and I like a lot situations when someone who is entitled to do so makes avaliable and distribute copyrighted stuff for free on the net for sure. So check the strip on www.fabulousfurryfreakbrothers.com website. The first Gilbert Shelton's strip with those fabulous crazy brothers in ten years. Nice.
"Racist" commercial from 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 05.07.2006
I am not sure. Do you think that ads presented on www.joystiq.com website concerning Sony's PSP console are racist? I was never political correct so that's probably why I do not perceive them as something sinful.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 05.07.2006
Finland's Presidency newsletter will be published in Latin language. I would recommend to start publishing www.eu2006.fi website in proper HTML language too. Just check validation results on www.validator.w3.org website.
will fight for "Net neutrality" in the US.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 05.07.2006
Read more about Vint Cerf statement in the article on www.news.yahoo.com website.
Pirate parties in France, Belgium and Italy.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 05.07.2006
Check www.parti-pirate.info, www.parti-pirate.be and www.piratpartiet.it websites.
LexisNexis and Paris "hacks".
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 01.07.2006
Five men in the US were arrested in connection with a 2005 database breach at LexisNexis Group and Paris Hilton sidekick "hack". More on www.washingtonpost.com website.
A suit over IM icon.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 01.07.2006
This is a very interesting case. Aaron 15 years old student from Weedsport has made an IM icon threating his English teacher Mr VanderMolen. He was suspended from the Weedsport Middle School school. Now there is a court case. Read more on www.news.com website.
Spain and France reform the law
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 01.07.2006
Articles on www.slashdot.org and www.eucd.info websites.
