IP follies revisited

Back in December of aught-four, the American Chemical Society sued Google, claiming that it owned a "common-law trademark" on the word "scholar" and that Google was violating this "common-law trademark" by offering a service called "Google Scholar".

I came across the story through the Chronicle of Higher Ed., but their story is not available to nonsubscribers, so any public goodwill and advertising revenues that might be derived from readers of this blog will go to CNET's News.com.com instead.