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identities of the infringer from the company if a prima facie case of infringement exists. This represents the first temporary restraining order granted by a federal judge for enforcement in a virtual environment of a federally registered trademark first used in a virtual environment. It affirmatively establishes the existence of virtual intellectual property rights.
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the Lab is to inform Minsky, and for his part he may obtain the physical-world identities and contact information of users from the Lab if the nominated
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If Minsky identifies infringement of the SLART trademark in Second Life, he must notify Linden Lab through appropriate channels, and Linden Lab has two business days to commence action to quash the infringement, and five business days to complete it. If there are any lumps or bumps in the procedure,
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Franklin, contended that the civil action would resolve all the issues in the cancellation proceedings and therefore requested suspension pending the outcome of the federal suit. Linden Research opposed suspension, claiming that the issues would differ between the suit
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and published an e-mag, which was also distributed in world and published online, about art in the Second Life virtual world. He called both ‘SLART’. In 2007, Minsky applied for registration of the SLART trademark by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office. The mark was registered on March 18,
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Virtual Intellectual Property Organization (VIPO), has opened in Second Life. VIPO advertises that it offers "accessible legal advice concerning virtual property, trade and commerce and the use of real-life intellectual property in virtual worlds.
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acquired Minsky's archive of published fine art editions and other works. The Robert B. Haas Family Arts
Library at Yale University is hosting an exhibition of 50 years of Minsky's work from August to November 2010.
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at the age of 13 to replace the
Superior "Cub" rotary Printing Press he had received as a gift in 1957. This Kelsey 5x8" platen press became the foundation for a lifelong career in the book arts.
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