Google AdWords faces another legal challenge over AdWords. Emboldened by a recent Second Circuit opinion, Rescuecom Corp. v. Google, Inc., Rosetta Stone filed a suit last Friday against Google for trademark infringement. Rosetta Stone accuses Google of allowing other companies to "free ride" on its brand name and of misleading and confusing consumers into clicking...
In The Prior Art blog, Joe Mullin wrote yesterday about GOOD Magazine's profile of Erich Spangenberg, a highly successful "patent troll." Mullin's main beef with the article is GOOD's comparison of Spangenberg, and patent trolls more generally, to Robin Hood. Mullin argues that in the case of patents, there is no poor person to whom...
Google has announced plans for its Google Chrome Operating System. Chrome OS is a cloud based operating system for PCs that the company says will be characterized by "speed, simplicity, and security." In contrast to operating systems, like Windows, that sit on a computer's desktop, Chrome OS will be an open source, web standards based...
Why do many business people express frustration with attorneys? Because as Mark McCormack has famously written, most attorneys don't understand business. That includes business lawyers. Attorneys Are From Mars, Executives Are From Venus Many business lawyers, including in-house counsel, will privately admit they don't understand the intricacies of business, especially strategy and management. This is...