Trademark News for 04-Jan-2006
- '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.
'Debian Trademark Dispute (OS News)
Lacking permission from the Debian project to call itself Debian anything, the Debian Common Core Alliance has agreed to change its name to the recursive DCC Alliance.
'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.
'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
'Abercrombie suing Wet Seal over designs (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against The Wet Seal Inc. for the teen retailer's use of moose and fish designs on some of its clothing, according to an Associated Press report.
'Abercrombie & Fitch Sues Wet Seal Over Fish, Moose Designs (NBC 4 Los Angeles)
LOS ANGELES -- A moose and a fish have Wet Seal in a legal flap. Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has sued The Wet Seal for trademark infringement.
'Feds Hit NTP Patents, Again (Unstrung.com)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued another preliminary ruling invalidating mobile email patents held by NTP, which is engaged in a long-running intellectual property dispute with Blackberry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM - message board ; Toronto: RIM).
'Local dispute over trademark is over (Lincoln Journal Star)
A Lincoln company that makes healthcare management software for Macintosh computers said it won a trademark battle with a competitor. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled in favor of MacPractice to continue using a trademark of the same name for many of its products, the company said.
'Briefly: MacPractice wins trademark (MacNN)
In brief: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has ruled in favor of MacPractice re...
'CHINA: Starbucks wins trademark case - report (Just Drinks)
Starbucks has won a court battle against a Chinese imitator, according to local reports.
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