Rosetta Stone v Google: Search Engine Keyword Advertising Trademarks Dispute Continues

At the heart of the Rosetta Stone v Google lawsuit is whether the sale of trademarks as search keywords for sponsored links makes Google liable for trademark infringement. Recently, the United States Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit in Rosetta Stone Ltd v Google, Inc reversed a significant portion of a Virginia district court decision […]

US Tax Funded Research: Sick of Pay-Per-View?

Free online access to tax-funded scientific research is the most recent movement by American open-access advocate group Access2Research.  The group calls for a policy similar to the one currently implemented by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  New scientific papers, which were funded by the NIH, are deposited in the online databank PubMED within a […]