Author Archives: hokusai
Porn.com
Well, this is nothing new… the world turns always around sex, and the web economy as well. It is plenty of data concerning the importance of the sex industry on the web (some are really well proposed). A few days … Continue reading
Fendi vs. Fox
This is the kind of decision that makes me doubt about IP! I actually have not seen the full text yet, but the article published by Italy’s most authoritative economic newspaper – “Il Sole 24 Ore” – leaves a few … Continue reading
Orphan works
Google is not the only one thinking about the digitization of all – or at least part – of the human written knowledge. The European Union is promoting a project for the digitization of the European culture in order to … Continue reading
Yoga lessons
I found this interesting article by Suketu Mehta regarding the IP protection of traditional knowledge concerning the Yoga practice (italian version). As a matter of fact, a number of traditional Indian practices of Yoga have been recently put under protection … Continue reading
Sneaekrs
No, this title isn’t a mistake… this is just what I would do if I were a counterfeiter – not a very bright one – and I wanted to counterfeit a shoes mark. Like it is done in China, indeed, … Continue reading
In vino veritas
The “Made in Italy” is worldwide known and appreciated… and always well paid! Clothes, food and wine: everybody loves’em and everybody would like to dress, eat and drink like Italians do (well, maybe French people they wouldn’t, … too bad!). … Continue reading
Ceci n’est pas (seulement) une chaise!
Finally, Italian IP Courts are outside the eighteenth century and have entered the twenty-first! In January the Court of Milan has issued a decision regarding the protection under copyright law of a great design chair, the Panton Chair by Verner … Continue reading
Proud counterfeiters
I found this www.obviouslycounterfeit.com… Ok, these guys sell counterfeits, but why being proud of it? The watches sold on their website are clearly copies of Rolex watches but it goes without saying since they choose such a name! On the … Continue reading
7teen likes Burberry
I love 7Teen and his works (have a look to his website and his flickr), and he seems to like the Burberry Check! This time its as hard as stupid speaking about counterfeits, this is art…
…And we are back!
Hokusai is not dead, I just took a long break but now I’m back! And for this 2007 resurrection, I think that the editorial by Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz in the British Medical Journal titled ‘Scrooge and intellectual property … Continue reading