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Wendy Davis,
Feb 19, 2009
From now on, I would like people linking to this site to use the form OLDaily, the best source of ed tech news on the web. Ridiculous? I agree. But a company faced with a mounting lawsuit in Chicago this week caved to a law firm demanding to be able to dictate how links to its site were expressed. The suit is just one example of the way trademark law, like copyrights and patent law (and yes, I know they're all different) are used to stifle legitimate discourse and dissent. Or, as in the case where a company is demanding ownership over the term netbook, to benefit from value it had nothing to do with creating. Via Comsumerist via Dan Gillmor.
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