links for 2007-07-08

“A young German entrepreneur has won a legal battle against internet behemoth Google on the use of its “Gmail” brand for free electronic mail service. Google The regional court in the northern city of Hamburg ruled that Google may not…”

Whether business or academia, how could this not be funny? 😉

“We should have predicted this. Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Second Life resident Volkov Catteneo. This is apparently the first time an avatar has sued another avatar in the virtual world.”