Fahad HAug 20, 20181 min readEurope to punish sites for not removing ‘illegal content’ within one hourIn March of this year, the European Commission (EC) created guidelines and recommendations for the removal of “illegal content”...
Fahad HJul 12, 20182 min readYouTube’s Copyright Match Tool finds videos uploaded without the creator’s permissionAlexey Boldin / Shutterstock.com Copyright infringement has been a frustration for YouTube creators for years. In a big step toward...
Fahad HJun 25, 20182 min read5 Tips to Choosing Your Winning Business Domain NameBack Rub, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, DrivUrSelf, Research in Motion, Sound of Music. Wonder if these big brands had been as successful if they...
Fahad HMar 27, 20181 min readOracle’s $9 billion Java lawsuit against Google back from the deadOracle’s suit against Google has been brought back to life by a federal appeals court. The underlying lawsuit involved Google’s...
Fahad HMay 30, 20175 min readInitial Interest Confusion rears its ugly head once more in trademark infringement caseTwo years ago, Multi Time Machine brought a lawsuit against Amazon for trademark infringement, alleging that web pages on Amazon.com for...
Fahad HMay 17, 20171 min readGoogle holds onto its trademark as federal court rules it has not become genericGoogle has not committed “genericide,” according to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. While people have used “google” to refer to...
Fahad HApr 28, 20172 min readSomeone reposted your Page’s Facebook video? You can now take some of their ad $Publishers, Page owners and video creators can now make some money when their copyrighted videos are reposted by other Facebook users....
Fahad HAug 10, 20162 min readFTC slams 1-800-Contacts’ reciprocal PPC bidding agreements with 14 competitorsMark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was suing 1-800 Contacts for allegedly pursuing...
Fahad HMay 26, 20161 min readGoogle wins its Java case against Oracle (again), saves billions in fees — for nowOracle was seeking roughly $9 billion in licensing fees and damages from Google for the use of Java APIs in Android. However, earlier...
Fahad HDec 2, 20159 min readWhen Brand Names Are Destroyed By Damaging DoppelgangersHere are some more examples of brand names damaged by unrelated things that share their names, and a smidgeon of reputation management...
Fahad HNov 9, 20153 min readWith Copyright Reform, Is Europe About To Declare “War On The Hyperlink”?The European Commission (EC) and other European Parliamentary Committees are working to “harmonize” copyright laws across Europe. There’s...
Fahad HNov 2, 201512 min readProtecting Your Brand From Online Fraud, Infringement & Other Emerging ThreatsSMX East and was pleased to learn a few new techniques and tidbits from some experts at their individual online reputation crafts. Here’s...
Fahad HSep 29, 20153 min readIAB To Help Publishers Fight Ad Blocking, Says It’s Still Considering Legal ActionThe Interactive Advertising Bureau opened a new front in its battle against ad-blocking companies Tuesday, announcing the creation of a...
Fahad HSep 22, 20154 min readAd Blocking: The IAB Wants To Sue, But It Probably Can’t WinIt may be premature to call ad blocking a “crisis” for the industry, but it’s obviously an area of significant concern for publishers and...
Fahad HSep 14, 20153 min readUS Court Ruling Doesn’t Mean End To Automatic Takedown Notices Over CopyrightA US appellate court has ruled that copyright owners must take into account fair use before sending takedown notices to those accused of...
Fahad HJul 6, 20152 min readAppeals Court Finds Potential For Confusion In Amazon’s Product Search ResultsAmazon headquarters, Seattle, Washington A trademark lawsuit brought against Amazon.com is headed back to the courts after the plaintiff...
Fahad HMay 4, 20152 min readAfter Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight, Twitter Building “Robust Tools” To Combat Periscope PirAfter Twitter’s live streaming service Periscope gained attention this weekend as a easy way for people to watch the Pacquiao-Mayweather...
Fahad HMay 3, 20153 min readMeerkat & Periscope Let People Pirate The Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight: Twitter’s CEO Doesn&I had no interest in watching the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight last night. That changed after I browsed Twitter coincidentally during the...
Fahad HApr 28, 20152 min readGoogle Hopes To Buy EU Publisher Goodwill With $150M Digital News InitiativeIn London today Google has announced a new $150 million Digital News Initiative (DNI). It’s officially intended to help European...
Fahad HApr 10, 20151 min readAmazon Goes After Sites Selling Fake Reviews: Files Lawsuit Against Buyazonreviews.comAmazon is taking its battle against fake reviews to the courts, filing a lawsuit yesterday in Seattle’s King County Superior Court...
