Trademark News for 02-Jun-2008
- 'Microsoft patent spat with Avistar hots up (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Avistar Communications Corporation reported today that the US Patent & trademark Office (USPTO) has rejected Microsoft's requests for re-examination of 29 of Avistar's US patents pertaining to audio, video and collaboration technologies.
'Malaysian firm registers 'Ponni' rice trademark (The Economic Times)
Malaysia has granted trademark rights of a popular non-Basmati rice variety grown in south India to a local trading firm, reminiscent of the US issuing patent on Basmati to RiceTec in 1997.
'State sues in Internet trademark case (Rapid City Journal)
A Keystone business that provides Internet advertising services is being sued by the state officials over alleged trademark infringement involving references to Custer State Park.
'Ford claims trademark violation in Central Florida artist's images (Orlando Sentinel)
Question: In 1979 I formed Gee Gee Studios, Inc. to market my original art, and I retired in 2005. Of the hundreds of images created, a few were of Ford collector cars, such as Model A's, Mustangs, Thunderbirds and Jaguars. The Model A's were introduced in 1982 and other subjects added as requested by individuals, car clubs, businesses (including Ford dealers) and individuals in Ford corporate ...
'Fourteen of Microsoft Re-examination Challenges of Avistar's U.S. Patents Rejected by U.S. Patent Office (Broadcast Newsroom)
SAN MATEO, Calif. , June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avistar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: AVSR) has received notification from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (the "USPTO" or the "Patent Office ") that as of the close-of-business on Friday, May 30 , 14 of Microsoft Corporation's (Nasdaq: MSFT) requests for the Patent Office 's re-examination of Avistar's 29 U.S. patents have been ...
'MEXIDATA . INFO (MEXIDATA . INFO)
·MexiData.info note : Gunmen assassinated Edgar Millán Gómez, the acting chief of Mexico?s federal police, on May 8 in Mexico City. The following is a posthumous notional yet biographical piece written in the author?s trademark narrative style.
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