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EFF Client Responds to Ludicrous “Collusion” Trademark Threat Sometimes trademark owners seem to think that they own ordinary words. In this case, U.K. clothing giant Asos sent a cease and desist letter [PDF] to an EFF client for registering a domain with the word “collusion” in it. Our client’s domain doesn’t have anything to do with clothing—it’s about contemporary U.S. political debates. It is about as far from trademark infringement as possible. Today, we sent a response letter [PDF] demanding that ASOS withdraw its baseless threat. The full backstory is something of a Russian nesting doll of stupidity. It begins with Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and current attorney to President Donald Trump. Last year, some Twitter users noticed that Mr. Giuliani was making typographical errors in his tweets in a way that inadvertently created well-formed URLs. A September 15, 2018 tweet read, in part, as follows: “#REALNEWS: Woodward says no evidence of collusion.So does Manafor...

Exciting time to be there We are going through a once in a lifetime technology shift, that has the potential to transform every industry and every business.  It is evolving at a pace very few of us have ever experienced. Instead of asking “What is the IIoT?” the question now is “What can IIoT do for me? The first step in this remarkable transformation is fundamentally changing the way that we think about business and automation assets.  It involves shifting investments from older technologies and business strategies to investing in new innovative business models based on the latest technologies. This transformation is a necessity to stay competitive, and you need to address these opportunities before your competitors do, or you’ll be in hot water…or worse.  Digital transformation will have a big impact on your business.  You’ll potentially make money, recruit the best people, beat your competition… and create happier customers. For many years operational risk man...