tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post114315668468062244..comments2024-03-29T12:23:31.959+00:00Comments on The IPKat: APPLE CALLS FOR FAIRPLAY FROM FRENCH; SOUNDS SIMILAR; TRANSLATION WATCHVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1143448237776875102006-03-27T09:30:00.000+01:002006-03-27T09:30:00.000+01:00I didn't have time to help out by translating here...I didn't have time to help out by translating here (actually, I couldn't find the German texts from your references, for some reason), but I see the German trade mark blog Markenblog has an entry:<BR/>http://www.markenblog.de/?p=1189<BR/><BR/>That I can summarize! <BR/><BR/>Werther's Original not a 3D mark? <BR/>The Advocate General Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer in the case C 24/05 P etc. recommended that the grounds for appeal and the appeal as a whole should be rejected.<BR/><BR/>MargaretAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1143222307456833632006-03-24T17:45:00.000+00:002006-03-24T17:45:00.000+00:00You might remember Apple's similar reaction when R...You might remember Apple's similar reaction when RealNetworks figured out how to sell songs to iPod owners in the summer of 2004:<BR/><BR/>“We are stunned that RealNetworks has adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker to break into the iPod, and we are investigating the implications of their actions under the DMCA [Digital Millennium Copyright Act] and other laws.”<BR/><BR/>Apple threatened to sue Real but in the end updated their drm so that it wouldn't talk to the Real software any more; and there have been various rounds of this technical tit-for-tat every since.<BR/><BR/>James Boyle had a great commentary on the dispute in the FT at the time: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2c04d39e-ec5a-11d8-b35c-00000e2511c8.html<BR/><BR/>If a carpenter said another "adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker" to break into into his table design in order to make compatible chairs, it would sound ridiculous. But that's about the standard of the debate on drm technologies.<BR/><BR/>The French government are now urging the rest of the EU to adopt similar interoperability measures.Ray Corriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810875779011470290noreply@blogger.com