Archive | 2008

Interview: Attorney Tamiko Franklin

As Second Life’s ‘Juris Amat,’ attorney Tamiko Franklin founded the non-profit Virtual Intellectual Property Organization, ran for and won a seat on the SL Bar Association’s 2008-2009 Executive Board,

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Minsky vs Linden Lab: Restraining orders and petitions

The dispute between Richard Minsky (registered owner of the SLART trademark), and Linden Lab (applicant for the SL trademark) has been heating up.

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SL CLE: IP Enforcement in Virtual Worlds Live Blog

Basic topics: Berne Convention, RAM copying theory, DMCA, domestic and international trademarks.

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Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Lowell attorney Tamiko R. Franklin moved her IP practice to Zagreb, Croatia. Now she’s practicing law in an even more distant frontier: that of virtual reality.

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Non-Profit “Virtual Intellectual Property Organization” Opens Office

A new, non-profit, legal services organization, the Virtual Intellectual Property Organization (VIPO), has opened in Second Life.

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