World of Warcraft player Antonio Hernandez filed a motion claiming he has settled his dispute with virtual property dealer Internet Gaming Entertainment and asking the court for permission to file the settlement “under seal” (.pdf), but Judge James I. Cohn of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida refused to allow [...]
If you’re attending the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in New York City this weekend, I’d like to invite you to attend a panel I’m going to be on Sunday, August 10th from 3:45 to 5:15. The panel is part of the Science & Technology Law Section’s track, and follows a session on blogs and [...]
Managing Intellectual Property has released its sixth annual list of the 50 most influential people in intellectual property (subscription required). If you don’t have a subscription, you can check out the top 10 at the Patent Docs blog.
Rounding out the top three?
3. Sherry Knowles, Worldwide Head of IP, GlaxoSmithKline.
2. Margot Fröhlinger, Director, European Commission DG [...]
Posted in 3D Internet, Clippings, Commentary, DMCA, Linden Lab, Providers, Second Life, VB Features, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on August 4th, 2008 4 Comments »
I appeared on Robert Bloomfield’s popular metaverse news and policy show Metanomics today doing the end-of-show op-ed piece “Connecting the Dots.” Today’s show was entitled “Open Sim and the Future,” and featured IBM’s Zha Ewry and Linden Lab’s Zero Linden talking about the future of the grid, and their efforts so far. I know there [...]
Quick note to let readers know that I’ll be on Robert Bloomfield’s popular metaverse business and policy show Metanomics on Monday, August 4 at 12:00 Noon, Pacific time. I’ll be appearing at the end of Monday’s show, Open Sim and the Future, to do the op-ed “Connecting the Dots” segment. I will be focusing on [...]
I recently came across a press release issued by the law firm of Brackman and Brackman (via Galelio Law, a companion blog to the Virtual Worlds Law Library), announcing the confidential settlement of a business conflict amongst avatars. According to the parties, the dispute, over a Second Life property called “Sailor’s Cove,” ended amicably. I [...]
