Trademark News for 03-Jan-2006
- 'Briefly: MacPractice wins trademark (MacNN)
In brief: The United States Patent and trademark Office (USPTO) has ruled in favor of MacPractice re...
'All the Coffee in China (The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News)
The judgment wasn't much. Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX - News) investors won't even notice the 500,000 yuan that the coffee chain was awarded, which amounts to a little more than $60,000. However, a trademark infringement ruling in China that sided with Starbucks over a local competitor speaks volumes about how far the world's most populous region has come in presenting itself as fertile expansion
'USPTO Rules for MacPractice Over HealthWare in Trademark Dispute (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has entered formal judgment in favor of MacPractice, Inc. (Opposition No. 91165660) and against HealthWare Corporation, sustaining MacPractice's opposition to the HealthWare registration application for the MacPractice trademark and refusing registration of the mark to HealthWare.
'Cafe in China fined in Starbucks dispute (San Jose Mercury News)
A Chinese court has sided with Starbucks in a trademark dispute, fining a Shanghai coffee house company and ordering it to change its name because it's too similar to the American company's, according to news reports.
'Starbucks wins China trademark fight (International Herald Tribune)
A Chinese court has sided with the Starbucks coffee house chain in its battle with a Shanghai rival over their use of the same Chinese name, state-controlled media reported Monday.
'NEWS AND NOTES | COMPILED BY PAT SUTHERLAND: Vermeil tells Chiefs he'll retire (The Charlotte Observer)
With trademark tears in his eyes, Dick Vermeil said this is really it -- a third retirement means he's out of football.
'All the Coffee in China (Motley Fool via Yahoo! Finance)
Starbucks wins an important trademark infringement suit in Shanghai.
'All the Coffee in China (The Motley Fool)
The judgment wasn't much. Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) investors won't even notice the 500,000 yuan that the coffee chain was awarded, which amounts to a little more than $60,000. However, a trademark infringement ruling in China that sided with Starbucks over a local competitor speaks volumes about how far the world's most populous region has come in presenting itself as fertile expansion soil to
'Starbucks wins China trademark battle (Nutraingredients.com)
1/2/2006 - Starbucks, the US coffee chain, has won the trademark battle in China that analysts said it could not afford to lose, paving the way for the firm?s Asian expansion plans.
'Starbucks wins trademark dispute (International Herald Tribune)
A Chinese court has sided with the Starbucks coffee house chain in its battle with a Shanghai rival over their use of the same Chinese name.
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