Utah’s Scared of the Internet
Utah lawmakers are at it again, mulling a legislative crackdown on open wi-fi connections because they make it easier for children to access online pornography. The state of Utah has been in the news a lot lately for its heavy-handed approach to Internet regulation. The most recent curfuffle was over a law banning the use [...]
Utah vs. Google: Trademark Debates Heat Up
The Utah State Legislature has passed a bill that would make it illegal to purchase keywords relating to a competitor’s product in order to show up alongside them in search results. The Trademark Protection Act has come under much public scrutiny, most notably by Google. The Trademark Protection Act made its way quietly through the [...]
Utah Law Bans Competitor Keyword Bids
The Utah State Legislature has passed a Trademark Protection Act that creates a new type of mark called an electronic registration mark; it probably will not survive a Constitutional test according to the state’s own general counsel.Using a competitor keyword or phrase to trigger an advertisement online in Utah is against the law. The passage [...]
Historic American Newspapers Move Online
If you are an American History buff you will be interested to know that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress has announced that "Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers" is available online. The site has more than 226,000 pages of public domain newspapers from California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, [...]
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