Trademark News for 20-Aug-2006
- 'Lawyers Weigh In on Apple Pod Fight (InternetWeek)
Another company has reported receiving a letter from Apple claiming that its use of the word "Pod" infringes on Apple's trademark.
'Maxim Magazine sues The Maxxim Men's Club for trademark infringement (BizJournals)
New York-based Dennis Publishing Inc., publisher of Maxim Magazine, is suing The Maxxim Men's Club and Steakhouse in Tampa for trademark infringement, trademark dilution and unfair competition.
'Dull Real Madrid beaten by Villarreal (New Kerala)
Madrid, Aug 20: Villarreal beat Real Madrid 1-0 on Saturday in a high profile friendly played down in Cadiz. The only goal of a tight match was put away by Juan Roman Riquelme four minutes from time with one of his trademark free-kicks.
'Word of the Week: Google (RedNova)
By George Kerevan Google: verb. 1: to search for information on the internet, especially using the Google search engine. (Etymology: trademark of the Google company; a play on the word googol, meaning the number ten raised to the power 100.) Webster's New Millennium Dictionary.
'African champs Angola rally at world basketball to beat Japan (AFP via Yahoo! News)
African champions Angola came from behind to whip hosts Japan 87-62 for their second Group B victory in a row at the World Basketball Championship.
'Calderon moves beyond reggaeton as "The Underdog" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tego Calderon has dropped the bling. A few weeks ago, after much soul searching, the Puerto Rican rapper took off his trademark chains, rings, diamonds and anything remotely ostentatious and continued making music as he has always done: quietly and with little fanfare.
'Elusive billionaire leaves a trail of unpredictability (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Approaching private homeowners unexpectedly to make a cash offer is a trademark of Gensiro Kawamoto. Many of the Kahala homes he owns today were not on the Multiple Listing Service. The Japanese tycoon usually has an entourage of representatives who broach the deals for him.
'Reality TV gains popularity with Iraq's youth audience (Contra Costa Times)
Clad in a beige suit, the TV news anchor fiddles with his glasses as he announces there's been an explosion: "The microwave blew up in Soha's face as she was preparing her trademark pizza," he says.
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