Trademark News for 07-Dec-2005
- 'NEW ZEALAND: Fashion designers in trademark wrangle (just-style)
Fashion designer Tanya Carlson?s plans to trademark her Cherry Cotton Candy brand are being fought by competitor Helen Cherry. Carlson, who debuted the brand last year, has received petitions against her attempts to trademark the brand by the Helen Cherry label.
'Brand owners rush for new EU Internet addresses (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The European Union claimed success after tens of thousands of trademark owners and public institutions rushed to register ".eu" Internet addresses as the the first phase of the bloc's domain indicator was launched.
'Judge Nixes Sambuck's Coffee Shop Name (AP via Yahoo! News)
A judge has told Sam Buck that she can't call her coffee shop Sambuck's. The judge ruled the name violated the trademark of coffee giant Starbucks.
'EntreMed Receives New Panzem Patent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Drug developer EntreMed Inc. said Wednesday that the Patent and Trademark Office issued it a new patent that extends protection on its experimental cancer treatment Panzem NCD.
'Europe's own Internet space starts up Wednesday (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Trademark holders and government bodies can start claiming their European identities on the Internet from 1000 GMT on Wednesday, when the registers open for the new ".eu" domain name aimed at boosting European e-commerce.
'Dot-eu domain goes live (CNET)
Beginning Wednesday, trademark holders and public bodies can register their own addresses with dot-eu suffixes.
'WWE Registers The Trademark "World Wrestling Federation" (Lords of Pain)
WWE registered the trademark "WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION" on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005. The usage explanation for the trademark reads, "Entertainment services, namely, the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered live and through the media of television; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network."
'The problem with trademark law (Albany Democrat-Herald)
Something is wrong with federal trademark law: Americans citizens ? otherwise free in lots of respects ? do not necessarily have the right to do business under their own names.
'It's seniors over juniors as LHS defeats Central, 56-41 (Ludington Daily News)
SCOTTVILLE ? Led by their trademark ball-hawking defense and the senior leadership of Kyle Gurzynski, Kyle Henion and Steven Kratz, the Ludington Orioles opened the basketball season Tuesday with a 56-41 win over the junior-dominated Mason County Central Spartans.
'JAY-Z SUED FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT: Wrestler claims mogul stole his ?diamond cutter? hand symbol. (Eurweb)
*A former WWE wrestler is suing Jay-Z for trademark infringement alleging the retired artist is using a hand symbol that mirrors his official logo.
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