Opposer's opposition to Applicant's registration of the mark MITHRIL for jewelry was sustained by the TTAB on the ground that Applicant lacked a bona fide intent to use the mark in commerce.

AOL teaming up with Ellen DeGeneres online

AOL is adding talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to its family of Web properties as it looks for ways to draw more people to its sites.

ETF.com Financial Domain Name & Website to be Auctioned Off at Inaugural Epik.com Domain Development Conference

Epik.com, a leading domain name development company, has released a list of developed domain names to be auctioned off on September 16, at 1:30 p.m. at the Bell Harbor Conference Center Bay Auditorium in Seattle.

Understanding how the UK advertising watchdog can go about removing PPC ads?

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK is extending its powers to cover all online marketing and advertising from March 1st 2011.

Kuwaiti to sign accord with Toronto University for cancer treatment

06 September 2010 KUWAIT -- The Ministry of Health will sign with the Canadian Toronto University an accord on Wednesday for updating cancer treatment techniques and methods at Hussein Makki Jumaa center.

Custom core takes on standard DSPs

Silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores provider, CEVA, has introduced the CEVA-X1643, a 1GHz DSP core which is claimed to support easy migration from off-the-shelf DSP chips to incorporating DSP cores into customer SoC designs.

Dating in the Dark: Muscles and Manhandling

This week on ABC’s Dating on the Dark, the contestants learn that a person’s voice sometimes doesn’t match their body. Who will end up finding a spark in the dark? The guys (from left to right in the photo below): Chad, 33, works in catering and is a good ol’ Texan at heart. Kyle, 25, is a [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dating in the Dark: Muscles and Manhandling", url: "http ...

The next-generation secure internet

The internet was designed to be easy to use. As its use expanded rapidly, what was needed was a scalable system for associating an internet host's name with its IP address. Therefore, the domain name system (DNS) was developed.

The next-generation secure internet

The internet was designed to be easy to use. As its use expanded rapidly, what was needed was a scalable system for associating an internet host's name with its IP address. Therefore, the domain name system (DNS) was developed.

Customs dissolves anti-piracy division

The Customs bureau has abolished its Intellectual Property Unit following the upsurge in the trading of counterfeit products. Filomeno Vicencio Jr., deputy commissioner, ordered the pullout of intelligence officers from the anti-piracy unit.

Recess an invaluable part of the school day

Take a minute to think back to your childhood school days and, more precisely, the part called recess. What do you remember about it?

Neutral Tandem, McDermott, Nike, Google, Simmons: Intellectual Property

Neutral Tandem Inc. , a Chicago company that provides interconnection services to competing telecom companies, said a federal court rejected its patent- infringement claim against a competitor.

Census problems for China and India

China and India have begun counting their people. China has started its sixth national census, while India is into its 15th. For both countries, the exercise involves enormous use of manpower, financi .....

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Ukrainian Festival, Sunday, September 12, starts at 12:00 p.m. 3275 Elmwood Ave, Kenmore to celebrate cultural and ethnic heritage and traditions. Entertainment includes Ukrainian dance groups from Rochester, live music form Toronto, theme basket and raffles, children’s activities, and church tours.

Combining medication and psychosocial treatments may benefit patients with early-stage schizophrenia

Patients with early-stage schizophrenia who receive a combination of medication and a psychosocial intervention appear less likely to discontinue treatment or relapse -- and may have improved insight, quality of life and social functioning -- than those taking medication alone, according to a new article.

Company launches online food service

Students have now a new option when looking to stave off hunger. The Campus Special, a company that works with local businesses to provide coupons to students, launched a free online food ordering service for area restaurants, on Aug 25.

Search engine voodoo: little-known SEO tricks

The indexed web contains almost 15 billion pages, so there's a fair chance your website will get lost. That is, unless you are deft at the dark art of SEO.

Forecast: Increased tech to push display ad spend 14%

Online advertising may see little growth over the next twelve months, overall, but one segment is set to make a decent push upward in the New Year. According to a recent Borrell Associates forecast, display advertising should increase by about 14% in 2011, thanks to increased technology in the display space.

Top Chef: Producer Laughs Off Emmy Fall

On what was a shining moment for Bravo’s Top Chef as the show took home an Emmy Award, one of the show’s producers took a fall as she got up to head down the aisle. Erica Ross is not upset about all the videos circulating the web about her fall, but instead she laughs it [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top Chef: Producer Laughs Off Emmy Fall", url: "http://realitytvmagazine ...

Dancing With The Stars: Bristol Palin Denies Diva Rumors

Bristol Palin has recently been deemed the diva of season eleven on Dancing With the Stars on ABC, with some even referring to her as the next Kate Gosselin. But according to Bristol, she is not being difficult or acting like a diva in any way. Keep reading to hear what she has to say! While [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dancing With The Stars: Bristol Palin Denies Diva Rumors", url ...

The Biggest Loser: Meet Season Ten’s Contestants

If you are anticipating the return of The Biggest Loser on NBC, here is your chance to get a quick look at the season ten contestants. I am sure most of you are wondering whether or not there will be a contestant heavier than Michael Ventrella, the heaviest contestant in the history of the show…well, [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Biggest Loser: Meet Season Ten’s Contestants", url ...

DNS Clients Do Request DNSSEC Today

After the DNS root zone was finally signed and a number of Top-Level Domains (TLDs) began signing their zones, we were curious to see how many clients actually request DNSSEC information. We looked at the RIPE NCC server that provides secondary service to several country code top-level domains (ccTLDs).

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Craigslist's decision a blow to free speech?

The online classified ad site's decision to use the "censored" label is coming under fire by free-speech advocates. Craigslist - Classified advertising - Freedom of speech - Law - Prostitution

Intellectual Property

A sharply divided en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit significantly narrowed the scope of the patent misuse defense this week. In Princo Corp. v.

MS probes mystery IE bug

URL shortening shenanigans Microsoft is investigating reports of a new bug in Internet Explorer.…

Jordanian websites shift political dissent online

Mocking officials online, exposing high-level corruption and discussing political tension could land journalists in many autocratic Middle East states in jail.

The Biggest Name in Online Slots is Creating at Least 100 New Jobs

LONDON, September 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, 888 announced cut backs of overheads to the tune of $6,000,000, PWin (sic) have confirmed similar figures of over EUR50,000,000 and that always means jobs will be lost. At a time when the other major players are cutting back, we're doing the exact opposite and need to fill 100 positions in the soon-to-be-launched Slots.com. What's the catch ...

Research and Markets: Security as a Service: 4 Times More Organizations Plan to Expand Their Use of Managed Security ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e2160f/security_as_a_serv) has announced the addition of the "Security as a Service" report to their offering. Dramatic increases in vulnerabilities and threats coupled with growing compliance requirements have made security into one of the most challenging domains of IT ...

Intellectual Property

United States: Georgia Pacific Consumer Prods., L.P. v. Von Drehle Corp., 2010 WL 3155646 (4th Cir. Aug. 10, 2010)

Nokia N8 launches September 30, says senior manager

digg_url = ' (function() { var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0]; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = 'http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js'; s1.parentNode.insertBefore(s, s1); })(); Digg '; Tapani Kaskinen is Nokia's Senior Comms Manager, so it's fitting that he'd be the first person from the company to ...

Parked domains: is Google wasting your money?

Parked domains are generally low quality resources, housing value-less directories or pages of AdSense ads. Why then is the proportion of AdWords spend that is going to these parked domains on the rise?

Twitter's link logging will be a boon for businesses

Twitter is getting into analytics. Finally. This week, the microblogging service announced that it will be updating its URL shortener t.co to help alleviate malware problems and track link sharing on its service.

Study: Display ad market nearly doubled in 2010, amidst a slow economy

That online display advertising growth so many digital marketers have been anticipating may be arriving a little early. According to a new report from Rubicon Project , digital ad spending grew 47% during the first half of the year.

Hadopi slams consumer website for making false claims

(Telecompaper) French anti-piracy authority Hadopi has criticised the Sos-hadopi.fr consumer protection website for making false statements, according to reports in the French press. The website was founded by the person who registered the domain name hadopi.fr, Renaud Veeckman, the sacked head of web services at broadcaster TF1, Jerome Bourreau-Guggenheim, and the creator of a music-sharing ...

Intellectual Property

On June 2, 2010 the Minister of Industry, the Honourable Tony Clement, and the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, the Honourable James Moore, introduced Bill C-32 (also known as the Copyright Modernization Act ) which proposes several amendments to the Copyright Act (the "Act"). The amendments are intended to balance the interests of users and the rights of artists while ...

Intellectual Property Attorney Leads Team Exodus

One of the biggest local names in intellectual property has a new home.

Easyspace Announce 70% Discount on .BIZ Domain Name Registration in September

GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - 09/06/10) - Easyspace, one of the UK's leading domain name and web hosting companies, has announced an incredible offer of 70 percent off all .BIZ domain names to take place throughout September. This latest offer, which runs for the whole of September, allows any customer purchasing a .biz domain name to receive an automatic 70% discount and will only pay ...

Some Newspapers Shift Coverage After Tracking Readers Online

With insights on what people are reading online, many newsrooms now seem to be embracing a more democratic approach to serving up the news.

Intellectual property rights protection improving in China

China's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union, senior officials said.

British Advertising Regulator Making Itself Felt Online

The Advertising Standards Authority of Britain plans to extend its oversight to social media, company Web sites and other nontraditional digital marketing activities.

Intellectual Property

In its 2008 decision in Omega v. Costco , the Ninth Circuit held that the "first-sale" doctrine of copyright law does not apply to goods manufactured and first sold abroad.

Name game aflame as Latinos fight AOL

A Lower East Side army is marshaling its forces for battle against the capitalists of America Online. The Latino Army of Light, a fraternal order whose "Grand Sword Bearer" once hobnobbed with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, says it has owned the domain name latinoaol.com since 1998, two years before...

Watchdog to tackle online travel advertising

Online advertisements will come under the regulation of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in 2011.

Shane Snow: How to Become an Internet Land Baron

Domains cost anywhere from a few dollars to a few hundred, depending on who's in charge; in secondary markets, valuable domain names can sell for hundreds of thousands. Enter Juan Diego Calle.

Google Power User Tips: SERP URL Parameters

In Part 1, we looked at query operators for refining our searches. Now for Part 2, let’s look at parameters that we can add/modify in the URL of the the Google SERP (search engine results page.)

Dakota County Sheriff’s Web domain name purchase raises questions

Bellows: “I’m sorry I did it” by Laura Adelmann Thisweek Newspapers Last June, months before Apple Valley Police Sgt. Mitch Scott announced he was running for Dakota County sheriff, his opponent, Dave Bellows, purchased the domain name mitchscottforsheriff.com. Bellows, who was appointed Dakota County sheriff by county commissioners after the surprise retirement of former Sheriff Don Gudmundson ...

Bingo.com Announces Purchase of Domain Name Payments

ANGUILLA, BRITISH WEST INDIES-- (Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2010) - Bingo.com, Ltd. (OTCBB:BNGOF) , owner of the popular online gaming community http://www.bingo.com , today announced the purchase of the remaining Domain Name payments connected with the top level domain www.bingo.com as contemplated in the Asset Purchase Agreement dated January 18 ...

Parked Network Solutions domains served up malware

Network Solutions has disabled a widget used in parked domains that were found to be serving up malware, according to security firm Armorize.

Controversial Domain Name 'CO2.com' to Be Auctioned Off at the Epik.com Domain Conference On 'International Ozone Day'

SEATTLE , Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Epik.com, a leading domain name development company, has released a list of developed, revenue-generating websites that will be featured at auction on September 16 , starting at 1:30 pm at the Bell Harbor Conference Center Bay Auditorium in Seattle . The auction is part of the inaugural Epik.com Domain Developers Conference being held Sept. 15 - 17 in Seattle at ...