What is the future of copyright and trademark law when cost and cultural borders prevent efforts against infringement? @ianlyons @wendyinfutures

What is the future of copyright and trademark law when cost and cultural borders prevent efforts against infringement?

We are facing challenges that the average company cannot afford to address. It is not only about Chinese attitudes and behavioural practices. Some people just choose to take what they want - knowing that most companies do not have resources to legally contest. Even in USA, CH, NL. 

Will copyright and trademarks follow in the footsteps of the democratisation of publishing? It's a trail of tears and cheers - depending on which side of the path you stand.

As Ian Lyons said, "It's time to figure out new strategies...". 

Referencing previous post and responding to comment from @ianlyons :

Chinese company tells us they will steal our name anyway

Got the following email this morning from a Chinese company announcing that they will "persist" to steal our  registered brand. 

What do you think?

Begin forwarded message:

From: YangGareth <gareth.yang@hotmail.com>
Date: 21 October 2010 01:08:52 EDT
To: Quantum Brands
Subject: quantumbrands

Dear Sirs,
We are Hanshin company based in Chinese office. We will register the "quantumbrands" as internet keyword and CN internet domain names. We have handed in our application and are waiting for Mr. David Luo's approval. We think this name is important for our products in Chinese market. Even though Mr. 

David Luo advise us to change another name, we will persist in this name.
Best regards

Gareth Yang

Posted 4 days ago by Colby Stuart

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  Ian Lyons said...

  I think you've encountered the future reality of doing business in a world that will be increasingly dependent on and dominated by China. It sucks - but them's the breaks. Time to figure out new strategies ...

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Crimson Hexagon - social tech reveals essence of underlying themes in public opinion - not just negative blah blah

Crimson Hexagon - now used by CNN and Bing - is a social technology for measuring the essence of millions of unsolicited online conversations in dynamic human engagement. Market research just took a giant step forward in measuring the nature of public opinion.

crimsonhexagon.com

@crimsonhexagon

http://www.fastcompany.com/1697243/harvard-developed-analytics-tool-measures-public-opinion-on-social-media-in-real-time

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The speed of love in the human brain - 1/5 of a second

The findings raise the question: "Does the heart fall in love, or the brain?"

"That's a tricky question always," says Ortigue. "I would say the brain, but the heart is also related because the complex concept of love is formed by both bottom-up and top-down processes from the brain to the heart and vice versa. For instance, activation in some parts of the brain can generate stimulations to the heart, butterflies in the stomach. Some symptoms we sometimes feel as a manifestation of the heart may sometimes be coming from the brain."

Fascinating, so read on...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101022184957.htm?

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Which ones best describe you in this historical listing of new classes as they have appeared over time?

Thanks, Yve, for Richard Barbrook's "The Class of the New"
http://www.theclassofthenew.net/6.html

Which ones best describe you?

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Go, New Mexico! Runway opens at first spaceport

Commercial space travel takes a step closer with the opening of the runway at the world's first spaceport in the US state of New Mexico.

Go to BBC to read the original article.

sent from Colby's iPhone

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Untitled

on last pages of first draft book - argh...art direction is so much easier than writing original copy in simple language

via Ping.fm

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Computer Scientists Developed New Way of Tracing Origins & Spread of Ideas

New Search Method Tracks Down Influential Ideas: Computer Scientists Have Developed a New Way of Tracing the Origins and Spread of Ideas

ScienceDaily (Oct. 20, 2010)

 — Princeton computer scientists have developed a new way of tracing the origins and spread of ideas, a technique that could make it easier to gauge the influence of notable scholarly papers, buzz-generating news stories and other information sources.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101020152034.htm?

Download News Hour for iPhone from itunes

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Chinese company tells us they will steal our name anyway

Got the following email this morning from a Chinese company announcing that they will "persist" to steal our  registered brand. 

What do you think?

Begin forwarded message:

From: YangGareth <gareth.yang@hotmail.com>
Date: 21 October 2010 01:08:52 EDT
To: Quantum Brands
Subject: quantumbrands

Dear Sirs,
We are Hanshin company based in Chinese office. We will register the "quantumbrands" as internet keyword and CN internet domain names. We have handed in our application and are waiting for Mr. David Luo's approval. We think this name is important for our products in Chinese market. Even though Mr. David Luo advise us to change another name, we will persist in this name.
Best regards

Gareth Yang

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The man who coined "fractal" : Benoît Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician, Dies at 85

From The New York Times:

Benoît Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician, Dies at 85

Dr. Mandelbrot, a maverick mathematician, developed an innovative theory to study uneven shapes and applied it to physics, biology and many other fields.

http://nyti.ms/aZH3wQ

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Facebook makes copycats of us all

A study of Facebook app shows that social influence "switches on", driving mass downloading, only beyond a threshold popularity.

Go to BBC to read the original article.

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Graphic Content - Milton Glaser, Still Questioning

"An exhibition of Milton Glaser's recent work reveals that at 81, the renowned graphic designer hasn't stopped paying attention to the big issues." From The New York Times: http://nyti.ms/9Db2ue

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