Trademark News for 20-Feb-2007
- 'SAVE THE DATE: Trademark seminar set for startups (Courier-Post)
A free seminar for entrepreneurs and business owners titled "trademark and Copyright -- A Survival Guide to Protecting a Good Name: How to Capitalize on Your Brand or Business Name" will be presented March 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Flaster/Greenberg, 1810 Chapel Avenue West in Cherry Hill.
'`Obama bin Laden' trademark denied (Chicago Tribune)
The U.S. Patent and trademark Office has rejected a Miami Beach man's application to trademark the name "Obama bin Laden" because the name "may falsely suggest a connection with the individuals Osama bin Laden and Barack Obama," patent office lawyer Karen Bush said in a rejection letter, the Miami Herald reported last week.
'Tyler Perry brings it home (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
THERE'S SOMETHING old-fashioned about Tyler Perry. The heroes in his films gravitate toward jazz and blues, not hip-hop. The trademark character he portrays - tough-talking grandmother Madea - spouts the wisdom of decades past. His popularity was born in black theaters known as the chitlin circuit.
'Former teachers bring educational comic strip to life (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
Three terms that can easily be used to describe Amazement Square in Lynchburg are creative, fun and hands-on. Learning principles first-hand is the center's trademark.
'Del HC restrains Intel namesake from trademark use (Business Standard India)
The Delhi High Court today restrained a local company from using Intel Corporation's registered trademark 'Intel' and asked it give compensation to the global chip maker for the infringment.
'International Falls tells Fraser, Colo., to back off ? there's only one 'Icebox of the Nation' (Pioneer Press)
Officials in International Falls, Minn., vowed Monday to defend their expired trademark on the nickname "Icebox of the Nation," heating up a cold war with Fraser, Colo., after the mountain town claimed the moniker in a filing this month. n The Minnesotans, who held an emergency meeting about the issue on the Presidents Day holiday, said they were not aware they had to renew the trademark in 1996 ...
'Patent Office rejects trademark for 'Obama bin Laden' (Houston Chronicle)
The U.S. Patent and trademark Office has rejected a Miami Beach man's application to trademark the name "Obama bin Laden."
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