Trademark News for 31-Aug-2006
- 'Zippo files trademark complaint against seven firms (phillyburbs.com)
PITTSBURGH - The maker of Zippo lighters is turning up the heat on knockoffs of the distinctively shaped - and trademarked - lighters.
'Defamer Casting: It's Like 'Big Love' Meets 'The Fugitive' (Defamer)
A reader lent a hand with our semi-regular feature in which we assist CBS in casting its trademark, sensational ripped-from-the-headlines Movies of the Week by suggesting quirky character actor Tim...
'Fake Zippos Spark Trademark Complaint (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
The maker of Zippo lighters wants to stop companies from making Zippo knock-offs.
'Chemokine analogs granted US patent (PharmaBiz)
Chemokine Therapeutics Corp., a biotechnology company, announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent 7,091,310 B2 relating to chemokine analogs for the treatment of human disease.
'Kitchen blaze chars restaurant (Pasadena Star-News)
PASADENA - Amy's Fast Food will be without its trademark flair for a while after its roof caught fire Wednesday evening. Firefighters were called to the restaurant, 531 E. Walnut St., at 6:15 p.m. and contained the two-alarm fire in about 10 minutes, said Pasadena Fire spokeswoman Lisa Derderian.
'Review: Chill and play The Roots' 'Game' (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Roots have been immovable pillars of left-of-center rap for over ten years, making a deft mix of hip-hop and jazz, live instrumentation and intelligent rhymes their trademark.
'Taxes: Patent that loophole (CNN Money)
The Internal Revenue Service has a surprising new enemy in the battle against abusive tax shelters: The United States Patent and Trademark Office.
'Mon Valley: How they'll spend Labor Day (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Maynard G. Krebs, the beatnik character on the 1950s television show "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," said he had no objection to hard work. "If someone wants to do it, that's fine with me," was his trademark saying.
'Zippo fighting knockoff companies (Centre Daily Times)
PITTSBURGH -- The maker of Zippo lighters is turning up the heat on knockoffs of the distinctively shaped -- and trademarked -- lighters. For the first time since obtaining trademark registration of the slightly rounded rectangular shape four years ago, Zippo Manufacturing Co. has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission to stop the manufacture and sale of knockoffs, said
'Weekend may not be classic for Avery (Canada.com)
MISSISSAUGA - Toronto Argonauts running back John Avery used a pair of metal crutches on a short flight of wooden stairs yesterday, a slow descent at team headquarters marked by his sombre expression and pajama bottoms that fittingly featured Homer Simpson and his trademark expression.
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