Trademark News for 17-Aug-2006
- 'Bitter battle over trademark ends (Drinks Business Review)
Edinburgh Brewing Company has won the right to use the name Edinburgh Pale Ale as a trademark after a legal battle against rival Scottish brewer Caledonian Brewery.
'Apple?s Attempts to Monopolize ?Pod? Show Need for Congress to Restrict Trademark Dilution Law in Favor of Free Speech (Public Citizen)
At a time when consideration of the trademark Dilution Revision Act has stalled in Congress because of concerns about undue impact on free speech, the recent news that Apple is trying to gain monopoly control over the use of the word ?pod? could not have come at a more opportune time.
'Digital image watermarks could combat trademark theft (Digit Magazine)
Technology from one of Germany's renowned Fraunhofer Institutes could help companies protect pictures of their products from being stolen by groups trying to promote cheap imitations.
'Pacific Sands' EcoOne(R) Logo Receives Trademark Registration With U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (RedNova)
Pacific Sands, Inc. (OTCBB: PFSD) is pleased to announce that its EcoOne(R) logo has received registered trademark status with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (registration number 3116167).
'Apple in 'Pod' Fight (InternetWeek)
Apple is trying to make sure companies that use the word Pod aren't infringing on the company's trademark.
'TECH CHRONICLES / A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle?s technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech) (San Francisco Chronicle)
Google this There's apparently a new rule in cyberspace: Don't google Google. In fact, don't "google" anything. Search giant Google Inc. is trying to clamp down on people who use its name as a verb. The company's trademark lawyer...
'Court of Appeal Reinstates ?Pelican? Trademark Infringement Suit (Metropolitan News-Enterprise)
Legitimate commercial sales of trademarked goods, even for a failing business depleting inventory, are sufficient to defeat a claim of abandonment of the trademark, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday.
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