Trademark News for 09-Jun-2008
- 'Bill Me Later rival countersues, calling firm's trademark invalid (BizJournals)
A Canadian company has filed a countersuit against Bill Me Later, fighting legal action the local company took to protect its name.
'With Grottino lacking lawyer, Grotto wins trademark suit (The News Journal)
A New Castle restaurant owner who was sued for trademark infringement by Grotto Pizza and lost this week says the fight isn't over yet.
'Products back in Bluegrass (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Churchill Weavers closed its doors in Berea last year after 85 years. But its trademark handwoven throws, scarves and baby blankets are showing up again in the Bluegrass as the company reconnects with its roots. Ownership and production have moved to Indiana. And the company is still getting back up to speed. Mike Stutland, who owns Artique in Lexington, said he has just recently begun ...
'Creating a surprise twist in the portable music wars, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied (OS News)
Apple's application to patent its method of using hierarchical menus to navigate through the iPod's contents. The basis for the denial: a similar method outlined in a Microsoft researcher's patent application, filed after the iPod was introduced but before Apple sought its own patent.
'AREA PATENTS (The Toledo Blade)
The following U.S. patents were granted to Lucas, Fulton, and Wood County Ohio inventors in May, 2008, and published in the Official Gazette of the Patent trademark Office. For more information call the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Business Technology Department at 419-259-5209.
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