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Handmade Moment Contest: Judgement Day

Live Etsy.TV Handmade Moment Awards Ceremony Join us Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. ET in the Virtual Labs. We'll be announcing the winner and runners-up live! Yesterday was a day of reckoning.Our Handmade Moment judges buckled down last night at the Etsy Labs for an intense evening of video watching …

Vote Now: Announcing Our Handmade Moment Finalists

Visit www.Etsy.tv today and VOTE for your favorite. Voting ends October 4, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET.   Applause, please! We are pleased to introduce you to your Handmade Moment contest finalists! These ten videos were the best of the best, and their creators will be sharing $10,000 in prizes (plus all the glory and fame …

Handmade Moment August 19 Update: Another Judge, 10 Days To Go, and Adios Gold Street

Updated August 19: We've added a new judge, Mark Elijah Rosenberg from Rooftop Films, so scroll down and check him out. We have less than two weeks to go until the Etsy video contest ends. Later today we will be posting the release forms on Etsy.tv. Please get your submissions in! These are bittersweet days here …

You be the Judge: Chocolate Kisses

I'm sitting in my Etsyified office on a beautiful spring afternoon eating some delicious Hershey's Kisses and researching a newsworthy and entertaining pending issue for the Etsy community to judge.  I'm in heaven!I unwrap the silver foil from the bite-sized tear-drop chocolate morsel and pop it into …

You Be the Judge: Sweet Trademarks

Most of us may associate the word “trademark” with certain products (like the logo on a sneaker, the design on can of cola, or a symbol handbag) and these trademarks help identify the creator of the product.  In this “You Be the Judge,” we investigate the trademark of a delicious sugary cupcake decoration.       …

You be the Judge: a "TM" on a "W"

When thinking about trademarks, you may think of a word, name, or symbol to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods.  You may have visions of the Apple logo, or Louis Vuitton's monogram trademark, but …

Handmade Kids Challenge: Expert Panel Award Winners

More congratulations are in order! Besides the Members Choice Award Winners, where the Etsy community got to vote for the best of the Handmade Kids Challenge, there's still the small matter of the EPAoEs— that would be The Expert Panel Awards of Excellence. Please join us in extending a warm welcome to our …

You be the Judge: Vuitton and Darfur

This article was originally published on May 6, 2008. We are reviving it as part of the Best of the Storque series. Enjoy! I’ll admit it: as Etsy's in-house attorney, I love reading legal disputes and thinking about what important issues each side should stress.  I especially like to analyze pending copyright …

You be the Judge: Judging Pretty Woman

Sometimes in order to play judge and fully investigate a situation, I have to acquire evidence. And so, many times when I read an intellectual property dispute regarding a musical work, I purchase and listen to the music at issue. Yes, truth be told, I have an “infringement” section on my MP3 player …

You be the Judge: The Orphan Works Act

In our regular series You be the Judge, we ask our readers to weigh in on copyright and infringement cases.  In this case, we want you to role play a Congressperson!There has been a lot of talk in the arts community concerning a potential copyright law reform titled “The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 …

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