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Comment on Cloud Services and SAAS Agreements: Clickwrap vs. Custom by Richard R. Bergovoy

Richard R. Bergovoy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:49:05 +0000

Thanks, Oliver W. You have a way with words yourself.

Comment on Cloud Services and SAAS Agreements: Clickwrap vs. Custom by Oliver W. Holmes

Oliver W. Holmes — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:01:43 +0000

Truly brilliant post. Vital knowledge delivered in a style that even non-techies can understand. Great work, blogger.

Comment on Cloud Services and SAAS Agreements: Clickwrap vs. Custom by jiah kim

jiah kim — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:24:10 +0000

Great post that makes us realize lawyers have to stay on top of tech development to protect consumer rights. Thank you!

Comment on Licenses 2, Sales 0 in Eminem and Autodesk 9th Circuit Rulings by IP Osgoode » US 9th Circuit puts foot down: Eminem iTunes royalties decision stands

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:23:14 +0000

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Comment on IP & Licensing Trends in Japan by ebook publisher

ebook publisher — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:06:44 +0000

As an ebook publisher I find your blog interesting and helpful. Thanks for taking the time to write this.

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Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:10:11 +0000

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Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:39:36 +0000

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Comment on The Uncertain Law of Dead Celebrity Goods, Sexy Einstein Edition by Richard R. Bergovoy

Richard R. Bergovoy — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:51:47 +0000

Thanks for all the good links, Robin. Too bad GM’s licensing and advertising people were not aware of them.
Yes, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem owns all of Einstein’s intellectual property (patent, copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity), and they use GreenLight as their licensing agents to license it out. As I said in the post, my guess (and that’s all it is) is that GM paid somebody for a copyright license for the Einstein photo. But that would only have given GM the rights to reproduce the photograph. If GM wanted to use Einstein’s persona to promote its cars in advertisements, then GM probably needed to purchase a rights of publicity license. If it wanted to sell Einstein branded motor vehicles or imply that Einstein approved of or endorsed GM motor vehicles, then it probably needed to purchase a trademark license. (As a practical matter, rights of publicity licenses and trademark licenses are often bundled in celebrity endorsement deals.)