John Rosenthal has a long history of social activism — and the prison record to prove it.
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Drive-by message
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Government readies emergency loans
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
One week before its emergency loan program is slated to launch, the Small Business Administration issued guidelines for banks and borrowers on how the new loans will work.
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NJ mortgage company president guilty in $139M scam
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June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
AP – The former president of a New Jersey mortgage company has pleaded guilty in a $139 million fraud scheme that bankrupted his firm.
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A dragon on the river
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
My hotel room is still dark when the phone rings. “It’s pretty rainy out there,” Ken Wong says. He sounds practically gleeful about this turn of events.
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‘Green shoots,’ but no jobs yet
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Small business owners expect to see an upswing in the economy over the next three months, according to a recent survey of National Federation of Independent Business members, but big problems remain in areas like credit availability and employment.
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Magic Johnson’s slam-dunk service
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
As an NBA Hall of Famer, Earvin “Magic” Johnson faced down such giants as Larry Bird and Julius Erving. Diagnosed with HIV in 1991, Johnson has fought off full-blown AIDS for the past 18 years. Now, as a coffee shop proprietor, he’s fighting his latest battle against…scones.
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Lenders hesitant on ARC loans
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Struggling small business owners can begin applying next week for an interest-free debt-relief loan through a new Small Business Administration program — if, that is, they can find a bank to process their application.
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3 netbooks go head-to-head
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Netbooks are models of portability. But can you stare at those little screens all day? Our reviewer put three to the test.
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Meet the new boss
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
The Great Recession won’t last forever, but no matter what comes next, business as usual is clearly over.
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Facebook’s New Username Feature Raises Trademark Issues
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Starting on Friday, June 12th, at 9:01pm in your time zone, you’ll be able to choose a username for your Facebook account to easily direct friends, family, and coworkers to your profile. Check out the Facebook Blog for more information or send yourself an email with the details.
If you’ve logged into your Facebook account within the last 48 hours or so, chances are you’ve already seen and read the following message:
What this means is that instead of the randomly
assigned digital number that previously designated a Facebook user’s
home page, their chosen name will become part of the URL, making it
easier for anyone to search not only on Facebook, but also through
Google and other search engines.A welcome initiative, to say the least, but as explained below by two intellectual property attorneys from Morrison & Foerster, LLP,
Facebook’s move raises some interesting trademark issues for brand
owners. Chief among them, according to Morrison & Foerster’s Kate
Fazzini, is the prospect that cyber-squatters may be able to register
business names for their own use, particularly as profile names are
being handed out on first-come, first-served basis.Morrison & Foerster attorneys Lynn Humphreys and Cathleen Stadecker
note that companies or groups with trademarked names can block
squatters and interlopers from using their brands by following online
registration protocols that Facebook has set up – though they caution, “It remains to be seen exactly how Facebook will evaluate the validity of particular requests for protection.”The attorneys also point out that Facebook has “explicitly reserved the right to remove and/or reclaim any user name at any time, for any reason.” All well and good, but the lawyers add it remains unclear “how individual infringement claims relating to user names will be processed and resolved.”
And
while Facebook has a policy in place that user names cannot be
transferred or sold, as often happens with online domain names, “The system may still be abused by users who select names that potentially infringe on trademark rights.”In
short, the two attorneys note that under Facebook’s new profile
options, what’s in a name may not be so simple as what’s in a number.
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