Russia lacks intellectual property market, Duma deputy says

RBC, 09.09.2010, Moscow 18:57:57. Russia's lack of an industrial intellectual property market is diminishing the effect of anti-crisis measures undertaken by the government and the Central Bank, chairman of the State Duma economic policy and entrepreneurship committee Yevgeny Fyodorov said about the report on anti-crisis measures in January-June 2010 reviewed by the committee today.

Microsoft Scores Court Victory Against Waledac Botnet

A judge has brought Microsoft's bid to seize ownership of 276 Waledac domains in sight - another blow to what was once one of the most notorious botnets on the Web.

Concentric Pharma Advertising Tapped to Market SOLESTA™

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Concentric Pharma Advertising, an independent healthcare advertising and marketing agency, announced today that the firm will be creating both online and offline campaigns for the launch of the fecal incontinence device SOLESTA™ from Oceana Therapeutics, Inc. According to the National Digestive Information Clearinghouse, more than 5.5 million Americans suffer from ...

Vatican: Quran burning 'outrageous'

Burning the Quran would be an "outrageous and grave gesture," the Vatican said Wednesday, joining a chorus of voices pleading with a small Florida church not to burn Islam's holy book on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks.

3D Imaging and Object Detection System Technology to Auction on November 11th at ICAP Ocean Tomo's Fall 2010 Live IP ...

CHICAGO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Ocean Tomo, the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP plc (IAP.L) and the world's premier patent auction firm, will auction two lots owned by VideoMining Corporation at the upcoming Fall 2010 Live Auction in Napa, California on November 11th. The first lot relates to three-dimensional (3D) face imaging using a demographic method and system, while ...

Microsoft Granted Permanent Ownership of 276 Botnet Domains

The domains now owned by Microsoft were part of the Waledac botnet

Afilias Secures .INFO Domain with DNSSEC

DUBLIN----Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions for the .INFO top-level domain . .INFO was officially signed on September 1, 2010 and its Delegation Signer records were entered into the DNS Root by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority on September 4th, allowing the .INFO zone to be validated ...

Microsoft seizes botnet domains through legal precedent

Microsoft has defeated the Waledac botnet in court, after a legal decision that could provide a precedent in future cases. read more

Microsoft legal punch may change botnet battles forever

Microsoft is on verge of getting a court to grant it ownership over domains used in Waledac spam botnet.

DomainSponsor Announces Speakers for DOMAINfest Europe Conference in Prague

DomainSponsorÂ®, the domain monetization business of Oversee.netÂ® and organizer of the DOMAINfestÂ® series of conferences, released today its list of speakers and experts for DOMAINfest Europe, scheduled for October 5-7, 2010 at the Hotel InterContinental in Prague, Czech Republic. Â

Online Ads in the Business World: Bizo Data Reveals Women More Likely to Click, Men More Likely to Act

With access to more than 80 million unique online business professionals, Bizo , the world's largest online B2B audience targeting platform and advertising network, today issued data demonstrating how businesspeople interact with online ads.

Top Wedding Questions Changes Its Name to Popthequestions.com and Introduces Private Virtual Wedding Coaching

Topweddingquestions.com, an online wedding planning and etiquette forum, is changing its name to Popthequestions.com . Along with the new domain name, parent company Top Wedding Sites Inc. is launching a new Web design that will, on top of the free public Q&A forum, include offers for pre-paid packages of time that allow customers to obtain one-on-one virtual wedding coaching through a new ...

Yahoo Had Instant Search In 2005 & Dropped It; Bing Kind Of Has It Now

On September 15, 2005, Yahoo launched an innovative search tool called Yahoo Instant Search. It was available at instant.search.yahoo.com , but that URL leads to a 404 page now.

10 Killer Google Chrome Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts

As Google's Chrome browser celebrates its second anniversary, we thought it appropriate to commemorate the occasion with some handy tips and tricks.

Marshall Edwards Reaches Agreement In Principle To Acquire Intellectual Property Portfolio From Novogen

Marshall Edwards, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSHL), an oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel anti-cancer therapeutics, announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle with Novogen Limited (ASX: NRT; Nasdaq: NVGN) to acquire Novogen's entire isoflavone-related intellectual property portfolio in a stock-based transaction. Specific terms of the proposed agreement were not ...

WiFi.com, Wireless Local Area Network Domain Name and Web Site, Up for Auction at Epik.com Domain Development Conference

Epik.com, a leading domain name development company, has released a list of developed domain names to be auctioned off on September 16, at 1:30 pm at the Bell Harbor Conference Center Bay Auditorium in Seattle.

UK Mobile Advertising Revenues Top £27.47 Million in 2010

The UK mobile advertising market looks set to finally come of age, with total revenues growing from £27.47 million this year, to £258.27 million by 2015, according to the latest data released by mobileSQUARED. The UK remains the largest mobile advertising market in Europe.

Intellectual Property

We have recently reported on the long-awaited decision of the United States Supreme Court in Bilski , which amongst other things, upheld the "machine or transformation" test as an "important tool" in determining patentable subject matter (see, http://www.shelstonip.com/news_story.asp?m=7&y=2010&nsid=151 ). The fallout has been swift – indeed, the very next day, the ...

Online videos approach a billion views

THE growing importance of online video to Australian advertisers, and the dominance of YouTube, have been highlighted in a report on video viewing.

Creating an Effective Keyword Portfolio Means Understanding the Search Landscape

This quick guide will give webmasters and SEMs the power and ability to understand the likelihood of ranking for a keyword using a competitive analysis. ...

Top Chef: Season Finale Part One

Tonight begins the two part season finale of Top Chef on Bravo. As the remaining four head to Singapore, they are challenged with trying to recreate Asian cuisine. Which chef will have what it takes to gain immunity tonight and which chef will be asked to pack their knives by the end of the evening? [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top Chef: Season Finale Part One", url: "http ...

Farmers embrace online social media

Farmers in Kane County and throughout the country are increasingly logging on and using online social media to market their message and operation in a 21st-century way. For some, it’s simply a matter of making the most out of a small or non-existent marketing budget. Others find that taking their presence online connects them with individuals and consumers they never before could have reached.

MasterChef: Final Four Revealed

Gordon Ramsay is back tonight for another two hours of Masterchef on FOX as the final four are revealed. With their final mystery box challenge followed by a tense food critic challenge, who will prove that they have what it takes to make it into the finale next week? Keep reading for all the tasty [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "MasterChef: Final Four Revealed", url: "http ...

Microsoft moves forward with Waledac takedown

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Thursday 9 September 2010 at 00:45:00 Company gets approval to close botnet domains Microsoft has won a major victory in its campaign to shut down the notorious Waledac malware botnet. The company has been awarded a summary judgement giving it control of 276 domains being used by Waledac's operators, allowing it to shut down the sites. Microsoft does ...

Online Privacy: FTC Mulls New Ad Tracking Rules

At the Gov 2.0 Summit, one official says consumers still aren't aware of how much they're being tracked online. That concern could have serious implications for both Internet users and the marketers who want to reach them.

What Does the .CO Launch Mean for New gTLDs?

The .CO top-level domain made over $10 million in just a couple of months. What do the results of the .CO re-launch mean for new gTLDs? Remember, .CO is the country-code TLD for Colombia. Until this summer, you could only register names under .com.co, .net.co, etc. You couldn't register myname.co.

Bosh Turns Over to NBPA Remaining Athlete and Celebrity Domains Awarded in Lawsuit

Winston & Strawn LLP, on behalf of its client, the Miami Heat's Chris Bosh, in concert with Bosh's agent, Henry Thomas, and the National Basketball Players Association, today announce that the NBPA agreed to assume management of hundreds of domains awarded to Bosh for continued return. Â Domains already returned include those identical to members of Charlotte Bobcats, Chicago Bulls, Indiana ...

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Web Host Go Daddy Launches XCO URL Shortening Service

September 8, 2010 -- Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Wednesday it has launched "X.CO" , a free short URL redirection service that offers customization, rich analytics and social media integration.

Online Marketer - Ecommerce - SEO - SEM - PPC - Affiliate - CPA. - 35k

This position is open as of 9/5/2010. Online Marketer - Ecommerce - SEO - SEM - PPC - Affiliate - CPA - traffic - ranking - CPC. Online Marketer - Ecommerce - SEO - SEM - PPC - Affiliate - CPA - traffic - ranking - CPCIf you are a Online Marketer with SEM, SEO, PPC, Email, and Banner Ad experience, please read on!What you need for this position:- Bachelors in Marketing, Advertising, etc.- 3 ...

Neustar Announces .BIZ Domain Name Security Enhancements

STERLING, Va., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) announced today that .BIZ is the first top-level domain (TLD) to deploy both DNS security extensions (DNSSEC) and the Registry Lock service. Neustar is the registry administrator for the .BIZ TLD as designated by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and is the first company to announce these improvements ...

Centro and Global Strategy Group Study Reveals Positive Impact of Online Advertising on Political Campaigns

Live, In-Market Test Finds That Exposing Voters to Both Tv and Online Advertising Delivers Increased Candidate Name Recognition and Favorability

Payment Software enables transactions via mobile phone.

Designed for financial institutions, mobile operators, e-commerce, and catalog retailers, WISePay(TM) allows universally trusted payment services to be offered out of Switzerland using WISeKey's secure technology. Downloadable from iTunes, WISePay Virtual Money is for mobile transactions with virtual economies such as multi-user-domains, while WISePay Cash allows person-to-person transfer, bank ...

Online Trust Alliance Forms Cross-Industry Anti-Malvertising Task Force

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - 09/08/10) - The Online Trust Alliance (OTA), today announced it has formed an Anti-Malvertising Task Force in response to increased threats to consumers and to help defend the integrity of interactive advertising. The group has drafted a series of guidelines to support cross-industry efforts to combat malvertising, and it has issued a request for comments from the ...

The Dot-Pro Domain Helps Give Professionals an Edge in the Job Market

As the economy recovers from the recession, the unemployed are renewing their job search. Using a dot-pro domain from EnCirca for email and an online bio helps give unemployed licensed professionals an advantage in the job market.

Intellectual Property

United States: Specialized Seating, Inc. v. Greenwich Indus., LP 2010 WL 3155922 (7th Cir. Aug. 11, 2010)

Intellectual Property

In this article Finnegan partner, Lawrence R. Robins , analyzes Barclays Capital Inc. v. THEFLYONTHEWALL.COM decision and discusses the implications for newspapers in protecting the value of their newsgathering.

Intellectual Property

Furniture retailers confront copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property (IP) issues on a daily basis. These arise internally when creating and protecting catalogues, websites, advertisements, and trademarks.

Defining cloud computing

Dale Vile, Computing , Wednesday 8 September 2010 at 10:25:00 Making sense of what cloud means to your business involves evaluating the options and clarifying the benefits you expect from its implementation, writes Dale Vile The media, social media, analyst and marketing domains sometimes act like an echo chamber. The same things are heard over and over again on high-profile topics as messages ...

LucidMedia and Milabra Announce Online Advertising Pact to Deploy Brand-Safe Visual Content for Advertisers and Agencies

RESTON, Va. & NEW YORK----LucidMedia , a leading digital advertising management platform and Milabra , the leader in online visual intelligence for media, today announced a partnership to provide visual data and brand-safe online advertising inventory featuring images and visual media for advertisers and interactive advertising agencies using LucidMedia’s demand-side platform .

Intellectual Property

On September 1, 2010, new legislation pertaining to health information comes into force in Alberta. The Health Information Act (Act), which provides "custodians" of health information a framework within which to manage the collection, use and disclosure of patients' health information, and associated regulations will be amended in four significant ways.

Parked domains: is Google wasting your money?

Parked domains are generally low quality resources, housing value-less directories or pages of AdSense ads. Why then is the proportion of AdWords spend that is going to these parked domains on the rise?

Twitter's link logging will be a boon for businesses

Twitter is getting into analytics. Finally. This week, the microblogging service announced that it will be updating its URL shortener t.co to help alleviate malware problems and track link sharing on its service.

UNO Head Keeps Eye on Hispanic Mayoral Candidates

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Privacy watchdog raps TalkTalk over URL scanning

The Information Commissioner's Office was not informed about a TalkTalk malware-scanning trial that is looking at all websites requested bythe ISP's customers ( ZDNet UK - Security )

Web Host MyHost Expands Name Server Infrastructure to Europe

September 7, 2010 -- New Delaware-based Web host MyHost Corp has just expanded its name server grid to Europe, giving it the Domain Name System infrastructure to increase delivery speeds in both the US and Europe.

ICO warns TalkTalk over URL tracking service

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a warning to TalkTalkafter the ISP ran a covert trial that traced web sites visited by its customersin order to detect malware.

Intellectual Property Attorney Leads Team Exodus

One of the biggest local names in intellectual property has a new home.

Easyspace Announce 70% Discount on .BIZ Domain Name Registration in September

GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - 09/06/10) - Easyspace, one of the UK's leading domain name and web hosting companies, has announced an incredible offer of 70 percent off all .BIZ domain names to take place throughout September. This latest offer, which runs for the whole of September, allows any customer purchasing a .biz domain name to receive an automatic 70% discount and will only pay ...

Intellectual property rights protection improving in China

China's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union, senior officials said.