The fall season of the popular in-world metaverse business and policy show Metanomics kicks off in Second Life on Monday, September 22, at 12:00 (noon) Pacific with a special edition of Metanomics featuring the show’s usual host, Professor Robert Bloomfield of Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, in the guest chair. I am honored [...]
We periodically run “Virtual Law Quicklinks” whenever we have a backlog of interesting items that aren’t big enough for full posts. Here’s today’s batch. Eros, the virtual adult-animation company owned by Second Life’s ‘Stroker Serpentine,’ has secured registration for the “SexGen” trademark. Eros has been at the center of two lawsuits over in-world copyright and [...]
Several key trademark applications for Second Life creator Linden Lab will be published for opposition over the next month. Applications slated to enter this phase include those for the marks: SL YOUR WORLD. YOUR IMAGINATION. SECOND LIFE GRID SL GRID SECOND 2ND LIFE Linden Lab has applications entering this phase for two logos (pictured right [...]
Posted in Lawsuits, Linden Lab, Minsky v. Linden Lab, Providers, SLART Cancellation, Second Life, Trademark Law, Virtual Law, Virtual Law Practice, Virtual Worlds & Games on September 16th, 2008 6 Comments »
Opening a second front in its dispute over “SLART” with artist and “SLART” trademark registrant Richard Minsky, Second Life creator Linden Lab has filed a Petition for Cancellation (.pdf) with the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeals Board seeking to cancel registration of “SLART.” Minsky has filed an Answer (.pdf). Trial (which, at the TTAB, is [...]
