Trademark News for 26-Mar-2009
- 'EU court rejects Anheuser-Busch InBev's bid for 'Budweiser' trademark (Miami Herald)
Anheuser-Busch InBev lost a battle for the ''Budweiser'' name after an EU court rejected Wednesday its claim to register the word as an exclusive Europe-wide trademark. U.S.-based Anheuser-Busch -- now renamed Anheuser-Busch-InBev after a $52 billion takeover by Belgium's InBev -- and smaller Czech rival Budejovicky Budvar NP haggled for years over the name, once also the name of a Czech town ...
'United States Patent & Trademark Office Increasing Their License Agreement With DeskFlex, Inc. (Marketwire)
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - March 26, 2009) - Epazz, Inc. ( OTCBB : EPAZ ), a leading provider of office productivity workforce solutions, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, DeskFlex, has received an order from United States Patent Office to increase their license agreement. United States Patent and trademark Office has been a customer of DeskFlex for the past 7 years. DeskFlex is ...
''OBX' not valid trademark (Outer Banks Sentinel)
The US Court of Appeals, Eastern District of North Carolina, has upheld a lower court's ruling that the use of "OBX" is a "geographically descriptive abbreviation that has no secondary meaning and therefore is not a valid trademark."
'THOM BROWNE TRADEMARK WOE TURNS OFF INVESTORS (New York Post)
As the economy shrinks demand for his super-tight suits, Thom Browne has a slippery grip not only on his business -- but also his name. As reported exclusively in The Post yesterday, the quirky fashion designer is in talks to possibly sell a...
'Hurley's $250k trademark jewellery stolen (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Flamboyant country rock singer Jade Hurley says he is devastated he will not be able to wear his trademark jewellery the next time he appears on stage.
'Dan Snyder Trademark Registration (Washington City Paper)
Dan Snyder loves to register trademarks.
'The super-protection of a well-known trademark (Asia News Network)
Higher living standards and recent scandals over poor quality products have prompted changes in Vietnamese consumer habits.
'Boys Soccer Preview | Shorecrest's Michael Harris has trademark flip (Seattle Times)
Shorecrest junior Michael Harris has top talent and a knack for wowing the crowd with his front flip throw-ins.
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