Trademark News for 05-Jun-2009
- 'China to increase exports of independent-trademark products (People's Daily)
China will gradually increase the exports of independent-trademark products, a recently issued document relating to trademark strategies by China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) indicated. In addition, China will establish a coordination mechanism for companies to safeguard the rights of their trademarks overseas and lodge complaints, protecting the legitimate trademark ...
'Smartbook- Another Trademark Fight Coming? (Salon.com)
The news that Psion and Intel have come to an amicable settlement to their ?netbook? trademark fight was good to hear. The term ?netbook? kind of snuck up on all of us who cover this stuff, and once it became widely used, it was only a matter of time before a trademark issue would arise.
'Saridon trademark dispute ends (Interfax)
Shanghai. June 4. INTERFAX-CHINA - The Supreme People's Court has ruled that Bayer Consumer Care AG needs to pay RMB 2,000 ($292.83) in court expenses, which will mark the end of a lengthy trademark dispute over common analgesic Saridon, Chongqing-based Southwest Pharmaceutical Co.
'Psion and Intel reach amicable agreement over netbook trademark (Digi Times)
Psion has settled the trademark cancellation and infringement litigation brought in the Northern District of California with Intel regarding its trademark of the term "Netbook".
'$5M BRONX WAR OVER THE NEW MENUDO (New York Post)
Talk about trying to make some Menu-dough! Two Bronx businesses filed a $5 million lawsuit against former Sony record honcho Oscar Llord, charging that he duped them into recruiting a new Menudo singing group when he didn't even own the trademark...
'Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sues Twitter (Detroit News)
The lawsuit claims that someone created a false account under La Russa's name and posted updates, known as "tweets," that gave the false impression that the comments came from La Russa. The suit said the comments were "derogatory and demeaning" and damaged La Russa's trademark rights.
'Federal Appellate Court Affirms Finding That 'ORGANIC FOOD BAR' is Generic and Not Entitled to Trademark Protection (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Premier Nutrition, Inc. , the Carlsbad, California-based nutrition products company, has successfully defended itself against trademark infringement and related claims brought by Organic Food Bar, Inc. of Fullerton, California.
'Wolf Greenfield Named Bostons Most Prolific Trademark Law Firm in National Survey (dBusinessNews.com)
BOSTON ? Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks , P.C., an intellectual property law firm, filed more U.S. trademarks than any other Boston law firm in 2008, according to NameProtect, a leading trademark research firm. NameProtect gave Wolf Greenfield its Trademark Insider® Award as #1 Boston firm.
'Nvidia Wins Partial Victory in Rambus Patent Suit (Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Graphics and communications device manufacturer Nvidia has announced that the US Patent and trademark Office, USPTO, has rejected all patent claims made against it by memory-chip designer Rambus.
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