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,
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.
SL CLE: IP Enforcement in Virtual Worlds Live Blog
Basic topics: Berne Convention, RAM copying theory, DMCA, domestic and international trademarks.
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.
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.


