] TEHRAN, Feb 2 — Iran's main reformist party will boycott the
] country's parliamentary elections this month, the head of the party,
] Mohammad Reza Khatami, said today.

Iran's Reformist Party to Boycott Elections

] American Blind argues that Google, by selling
] keyword-based advertising to competing retailers when
] Google users search on "American Blind" or "American
] Blinds" is violating the company's trademark. American
] Blind had threatened to file the lawsuit last year. That
] prompted Google, in a filing with the U.S. District Court
] for the Northern District of California Nov. 26, to argue
] that "American" and "Blind" and other words American
] Blind was claiming as trademarks are descriptive and
] shouldn't enjoy trademark protection.

InfoWorld: Trademark lawsuit filed against Google keywords: January 30, 2004: By : E-business Strategies

] The Democratic candidates for the presidency were back on
] the road today after Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire,
] where Sen. John F. Kerry's convincing victory entrenched
] his front-runner status heading into the next round of
] primaries on Feb. 3.

The only thing I know about Kerry is he was one of the sponsors of the Key Escrow bill a few years back...

Kerry Carries 39% of NH

]
] There has been a lot of talk about whether the SCO-IBM
] hearing scheduled for tomorrow was or was not postponed.
] It's definitely postponed. SCO has the notice up on their
] site. It's not up yet on Pacer, but we'll take their word
] for it. Here is what it tells us:

Apparently IBM has asked for the delay ... that probably means
they are about to play an ace.

Today's SCO v. IBM hearing postponed

] SCO earlier this month sent a letter to the 535 members
] of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate from
] company President and CEO Darl McBride, raising concerns
] about open-source software and its General Public License
] (GPL), the company confirmed on Wednesday.

Yikes!

SCO Goes to Washington in Linux Battle

] SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 - Take-Two Interactive, maker of
] the hit video game series Grand Theft Auto, disclosed on
] Thursday that federal regulators plan to file a civil
] suit against the company, its chairman and two former
] executives over questionable accounting practices.

Whoa...

Game Maker Faces Lawsuit by S.E.C. on Accounting

] The attorney general of New York, Eliot Spitzer, filed a
] civil lawsuit yesterday against three marketing
] companies, accusing them of sending fraudulent e-mail
] messages, and said that he would seek penalties so large
] that they would drive each company out of business.

Of course this will just drive it all overseas ... until we get Eastern Europe, Pac Rim, etc, on board...

New York and Microsoft File Suits on E-Mail Spam

] WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday
] rejected efforts by the recording industry to compel the
] nation's Internet providers to turn over names of
] subscribers suspected of illegally swapping music online.

Yay!

Record Industry May Not Subpoena Online Providers

] The capture of Saddam Hussein has lifted Americans' view
] of the state of the nation and their opinion of President
] Bush, while at least momentarily halting what had been a
] spiral of concern about the nation's economic and foreign
] policy, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News
] Poll.

Sigh.

Bush's Approval Ratings Climb in Days After Hussein's Capture

] CD burning software developer Optima Technology has sued
] rival Roxio and threatened any other company that allows
] users to record information onto a CD-R.

Stupid PTO...

Roxio first target as CD-R patent owner threatens industry