Bring it on, space alien h@k3rz. We've got the DMCA.

Even though researchers are worried that signals captured by search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) might carry a virus-laden payload, we're getting even in the best way that we know how. We've put copyright-protected music and text on the interstellar missionary Voyager.

 

On trademarks, dead or not or something

On the front cover of the latest phone book was this sticker.

I saw that logo on the right side, As Seen On TV, and started to wonder if this was a trademark infringement, either directly or as the result of
likelihood of confusion, (USPTO definition) where the image looks enough like the trademark belonging to someone else.
Y'see, the good people who bring us SnuggieWorld

via Snuggie World - The Official Site Of AsSeenOnTV.com, New Colors, Designer, Snuggie for Kids, Snuggie for Dogs
and some other, um, products, have claimed trademarks for two URLs.

Copyright © 1995-2009 AsSeenOnTV.com TM, and or SeenOnTV.com ®

They also use a teeny-tiny mark in their logo, suggesting, if not claiming, that the image is registered.
So, let's see about that.
As search at the United States Patents and Trademarks office shows up some interesting data:
Both ASSEENONTV and ASSEENONTV.COM show up as abandoned trademarks while the phrase SeenOnTV.com comes up empty.
I'm gonna send this post to a couple of attorneys to see if they have any comment. Stay tuned.