Trademark News for 31-Dec-2005
- '4th Patent in BlackBerry Dispute Rejected (AP via Yahoo! News)
A fourth patent at the center of the dispute between Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of the Blackberry e-mail device, and NTP Inc. was rejected Friday in a non-final action by the U.S. Patent and trademark Office.
'U.S. rejects fourth patent in Blackberry dispute (CTV.ca)
WASHINGTON ? A fourth patent at the centre of the dispute between Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the Blackberry e-mail device, and NTP Inc. was rejected Friday in a non-final action by the U.S. Patent and trademark Office.
'Patents Rejected for BlackBerry (New York Times)
The maker of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device said that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had issued preliminary rejections of two wireless e-mail patents owned by the holding company that had won a patent infringement lawsuit against it.
'Judge Says No Trademark Infringment In Starbucks vs. 'Charbucks' Case (WLBZ Bangor)
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Starbucks sued Black Bear Micro Roastery of Tuftonboro in 2001, claiming trademark infringement, unfair competition and dilution of the Starbucks trademark.
'RIM cites another patent office win in NTP fight (Reuters)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued "non-final actions" rejecting claims for two NTP patents involved in the dispute with RIM, which has faced a shutdown of its service in the United States, RIM said.
'Trademark suit alleges Iowans squat on poetry site, can?t spell (The Des Moines Register)
The Poetry Foundation, which has owned the trademark to the word ??poetry?? for almost a century, is suing an Iowa City business for allegedly...
'Google Sued for Trademark Infringement Based on Third-Level Subdomain (CircleID)
It?s no surprise that Google has been sued again for trademark infringement, but the basis of this lawsuit is surprising. Rather than another lawsuit over the sale of trademarked keywords to deliver ads (along the lines of the GEICO , American Blinds , Rescuecom and JTH Tax cases, or the dozens of international lawsuits), this lawsuit is based on a Blogspot blog URL. Because of its comparative
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