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		<title>Trademark Fact Check available to TM.Biz users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, a new service called Trademark Fact Check launches. It helps brand owners secure or block their marks during the upcoming Triple-X sunrise A and B in a cost-effective and timely manner. Trademark Fact Check compares the sunrise application that brand owners supply with official trademark data available online. Best of all, TM.Biz users can access [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networks.tm.biz/news/trademark-fact-check-available-to-tm-biz-users/</link>
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		<title>Dormant accounts on Facebook and Twitter available on request</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The article mentions that accounts are considered dormant if not used for six months.  Although they may not be deleted, they are vulnerable to reassignment upon a request.]]></description>
		<link>http://networks.tm.biz/news/dormant-accounts-on-facebook-and-twitter-available-on-request/</link>
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		<title>@CeoSteveJobs: No laughing matter for Apple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we wrote about California&#8217;s new law that makes impersonation of individuals online illegal. And, sure enough a legitimate complaint in the same vein has popped up right away. We at TM.Biz believe it will be the first of many, many complaints.
TechCrunch&#8217;s article &#8220;Apple Goes After The Parody @CeoSteveJobs Twitter Account&#8221; is a great summary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networks.tm.biz/news/ceostevejobs-no-laughing-matter-for-apple/</link>
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		<title>New controversial California Bill: trademark protection for individuals?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, California is leading the nation in progressive and controversial policies &#8211; this one addresses online impersonations.
A New California bill, SB 1411, effective 1/1/11, provides that any person who knowingly and without consent credibly impersonates another actual person through or on an Internet Web site or by other electronic means, as specified, for purposes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networks.tm.biz/news/new-controversial-california-bill-trademark-protection-for-individuals/</link>
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		<title>TM.Biz mention in David Gryce&#8217;s IP Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were recently mentioned in the blog post titled, Trademarks and Social Media: Five Measures for Brand Health on David Gryce&#8217;s IP Blog.
An interesting read for lawyers, commercial enterprises, artists and trademark owners. Check it out here:  http://davidgryce.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/trademarks-and-social-media/
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		<link>http://networks.tm.biz/news/tm-biz-mention-in-david-gryces-ip-blog/</link>
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		<title>Announcing our Reseller Program: Bundles user names with domain name registration services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, we&#8217;re happy to announce a reseller program for domain name resellers interested in offering social network user names services to their customers. The TM.Biz Reseller Program offers a simple programmable interface for resellers to seamlessly offer the real-time reservation of user names to their domain name customers.
See below for the rest of our announcement: 
“User [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networks.tm.biz/news/announcing-our-reseller-program-bundles-user-names-with-domain-name-registration-services/</link>
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		<title>ReadWriteWeb Guest Post: YourName(R) &#8211; Trademark Protection is Coming to Social Networks</title>
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TM.Biz President, Tom Barrett was a Guest Author for ReadWriteWeb. The article ran today and is generating some conversations about trademark protection on social networks.
YourName(R) &#8211; Trademark Protection is Coming to Social Networks
By Tom Barrett / November 19, 2010 9:00 AM/ReadWriteWeb
Oh, baby, baby, it&#8217;s a wild, unregulated world. Facebook and LinkedIn, among other online [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networks.tm.biz/news/readwriteweb-guest-post-yournamer-trademark-protection-is-coming-to-social-networks/</link>
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		<title>Service Update: New Power Tool Enables Portfolio Audit of Usernames on Social Networks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Power Tool Enables Portfolio Audit of Usernames on Social Networks - in one step! ]]></description>
		<link>http://networks.tm.biz/news/service-update-new-power-tool-enables-portfolio-audit-of-usernames-on-social-networks/</link>
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		<title>Law Technology News: Protect Your Property with TM.Biz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Law.com recently published the following article: 
Protect Your Property
Two new sites protect your trademarks and your wallet.
By Robert J. Ambrogi, Law Technology News
This month, we feature two new sites for lawyers. One helps you protect your clients&#8217; trademarks from being lost within the dense and vast environs of hundreds of social networking sites.  Read more&#8230;
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		<link>http://networks.tm.biz/news/law-technology-news-protect-your-property-with-tm-biz/</link>
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		<title>TM.Biz featured in Boston Business Journal</title>
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TM.Biz aims to take the Wild West of Social Media
BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL &#8211; BY Lisa van der Pool
The world of social media has been described as the Wild West, especially when it comes to trademark and copyright protections.
Since the popularity of websites like Twitter has exploded, celebrities and companies have been impersonated on social networks [...]]]></description>
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