The American Chemical Society is suing Google on the ground that the name "Google Scholar" violates the ACS trademark on "SciFinder Scholar". From the ACS public statement: '"The field of scientific research and related services is, of course, open to all," said Flint Lewis, ACS's secretary and general counsel...."But when someone uses a trademark similar to ours, we have no choice but to take action --to protect the goodwill that we have built over the years and to prevent the likelihood of confusion in the marketplace."' (Thanks to Gary Price.)
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
