Trademark News for 12-Mar-2007
- 'EU/ITALY: ECJ rules on liqueur trademark battle (Just Drinks)
A leading official at the European Court of Justice has requested that a long-running case over the EU registration of a ?lemoncello? lemon peel liquor trademark should be returned to the ECJ?s Court of First Instance.
'Rosetta Genomics Announces Allowance of Patents Covering Human and Viral MicroRNAs (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. announced today that the United States Patent and trademark Office has issued a 'Notice of Allowance' for two of the company's patent applications on human and viral microRNAs.
'Patent watch (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
As the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office continues toward more electronic submissions, it has released a report (at www.uspto.gov) concluding that five popular file-sharing programs have features that could cause users to inadvertently distribute to others downloaded files or their own proprietary or sensitive files.
'Verdict upheld in trademark case involving Louis Vuitton knockoffs (The Sharon Herald)
An Indianapolis man arrested in Mercer County for having handbags he admitted were counterfeit has lost his bid to have a charge of trademark counterfeiting dismissed by a judge.
'Starbucks Coffee Struck by Name Play (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Stockerblog submits: Shahnaz Husain, an Indian businessman, is planning on opening a chain of coffee shops called Starstrucks. This is much to the dismay of Starbucks , which has filed a grievance with India's Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademark.
'Apollo, the Beach Boys and a Soupçon of Agitprop (New York Times)
The company?s dancers have grown with the times without losing the Joffrey?s trademark freshness.
'Anaconda?s grand marshals surprised, pleased (The Montana Standard)
ANACONDA ? With trademark humility and Irish humor, Helen Conlon said she is grand marshal of this year?s St. Patrick?s Day parade only for lack of a chance to protest.
'Where's "The Walleye Capital Of The World"? (WLUC TV 6)
The tiny town of Baudette, Minnesota is trying to make a dubious claim---that it's the "Walleye Capital of the World". It's seeking a trademark on the title from the US Patent Office.
'U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeks to build community of experts on Web (The Journal News)
The government is about to start opening up the process of reviewing patents to the modern font of wisdom: the Internet.
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