Trademark News for 05-Jun-2008
- 'Collectors can win a piece of FDR's life (Poughkeepsie Journal)
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trademark fedora, the last check he ever signed and watercolor sketches for the unfinished portrait he sat for on the day he died are among hundreds of historical artifacts and documents headed for the auction block Saturday.
'Google, Louis Vuitton face off in trademark spat (IT World)
Europe's highest court will hear a trademark infringement suit concerning Google's keyword advertising system, a case that ventures into an untested area of law that could impact the company's lucrative ad revenue.
'Louis Vuitton Offers Google More Trademark Trouble In Europe (Search Engine Land)
Even as Google is liberalizing its trademark policy in Europe to agree with the US policy, luxury goods maker Luis Vuitton may turn back the clock and force a more restrictive policy on Google. France's highest court ruled for Louis Vuitton last year in a trademark case involving AdWords. Google has appealed. The European Court of Justice will hear the case (date uncertain) and issue a ...
'OPEN & SHUT CASE (New York Post)
A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed Louis Vuitton's claim that its Monogram Multicolore handbags designed by the artist Takashi Murakami were knocked off by accessories maker Dooney & Bourke. The trademark lawsuit - filed by Louis Vuitton in...
'Gilead Sciences to get US patent for Viread (PharmaBiz)
Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) has completed the second of four re-examination proceedings and has confirmed the patentability of US Patent No. 5,922,695, which covers the composition of matter for Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate).
'Infosys Awarded Two Patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Centre Daily Times)
Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ:INFY) today announced that it has been granted two patents by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office. These patents are in the areas of holography and mobile communications.
'Google, Louis Vuitton Face off in Trademark Spat (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Europe's highest court will hear a trademark infringement suit concerning Google's keyword advertising system.
'Google and Louis Vuitton Face Off in Trademark Spat (New York Times)
Google has appealed a decision by France?s highest court, which in ruled in favor of Louis Vuitton in a trademark infringement suit over Google?s AdWords system.
'Collective Brands nets $20 million for the quarter (The Kansas City Star)
Footwear retailer Collective Brands Inc. on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $20 million, or 31 cents a share, after a $30 million pre-tax charge related to trademark-infringement litigation.
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