Trademark News for 27-Mar-2009

    'Steve Aschburner: No surprise Twitter has taken over NBA (Sports Illustrated)
    Unaccustomed both to the rate and the depth at which the Los Angeles Lakers were losing during his brief stint as their coach late in the 1993-94 season, Magic Johnson locked away his trademark smile for the duration. The blemish on Johnson's stellar résumé remains a tiny one -- a 5-11 stretch marked his share of the Lakers' 33-49 record that season -- but he knew it was there and growing, and ...

    'No Trademark for Busch (The Lakeland Ledger)
    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...

    '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 ...

    '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...

    'EU Court upholds ruling against Anheuser-Busch vs. Czech Budvar over'Budweiser' trademark (Interfax)
    PRAGUE. MARCH 25. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - The European Union's second highest court on Wednesday confirmed an earlier decision by a separate body preventing U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch from registering the Budweiser name as an EU-wide trademark, citing Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar's previous claims in Austria and Germany.

    'U. grosses $266,000 from trademark, logo (Daily Princetonian)
    The University grossed roughly $266,000 during the 2008 fiscal year for the commercial use of Princeton trademarks and logos, up almost 3 percent from the $258,600 it made during the previous fiscal year, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ?96 said in an e-mail.

    '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.



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