Hello Everyone! I hope all is well. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post on Black Web 2.0 about Twitter's Terms of Service Agreement and whether it applied to Celebrity Twitters. The article spread like wildfire on the web and I was kind of surprised. Read the full article below and tell me what do you think. Over the past week Hip-Hop artist, 50 Cent, took control of his Twitter account and went on a tweet rampage. He threatened to kill people, posted pornographic images, i

Hello Everyone: Recently, Twitter revealed its new trademark guidelines regarding the proper use of the Twitter name and trademarks. Some key terms of the new trademark guidelines are as follows: 1. When users promote their own Twitter accounts, they need to use the proper Twitter logo and ensure the letter "T" in Twitter is capitalized. 2. When mentioning Twitter on TV or any other public forum, users should refer to the company as Twitter and messages as Tweets. Also unless

Hello Everyone! Trademark infringement lawsuits are plentiful. Pop Icon, Madonna, is currently being sued by apparel manufacturer, LA Triumph, over the use of the trademark "Material Girl", the name of Madonna's new teen clothing line. L.A. Triumph claims it has used the "Material Girl" trademark in commerce since 1997. The company further stated, it has used the trademark in the same classification as Madonna, which is junior clothing. Apparently, both lines offer similarly

Hello: In light of the recent decision in the Fifth-Six Hope Road Music Ltd (Estate of Bob Marley) vs. UMG Recordings, many Artist are worried that all of their sounds recordings are going to be classified as "works made for hire." Basically, the judge ruled in the Bob Marley case that all of his recordings with Island Records from 1973-1977 were "works made for hire" and Universal Music Group is the rightful owner of the copyrights to five recordings Marley recorded. Specifi

Hello! Recently, Facebook filed a lawsuit against the pornographic social networking site, Faceporn, alleging trademark infringement of its trademark, Facebook. Specifically, Facebook alleges the use of the mark, Faceporn, is "confusingly similar" to the mark Facebook and the use of the mark, Faceporn, is causing dilution of the Facebook brand. Dilution Dilution is a trademark infringement legal claim that can be asserted by famous brands. I have previously discussed Dilution