Trademark News for 13-May-2008
- 'United States Patent and Trademark Office Denies Stinger's Reexamination Request of TASER International's Patent (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 13, 2008 -- TASER International, Inc. , a market leader in advanced electronic control devices, announced that the Director of the United States Patent and trademark Office in an Office action dated May 7, 2008 denied the Request for Reexamination 90/010,003 of TASER International's U.S. patent 7,234,262 filed by Stinger Systems on the grounds that it lacks a substantial ...
''Biopiracy' thwarted as US revokes bean patent (SciDev.net)
[MEXICO CITY] The US Patent and trademark Office (USPTO) has repealed a patent for a bean that opponents say amounts to biopiracy.
'Collective Brands to Challenge Adidas Lawsuit Award (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Collective Brands Inc. , owner of the Payless ShoeSource and Stride Rite chains, said it will ask a judge to overturn or reduce a $304.6 million jury verdict in Adidas AG's trademark lawsuit over striped sneakers.
'New Stamp Puts Sinatra Back in the Spotlight (NPR)
The United States Postal Service releases its commemorative Frank Sinatra stamp Tuesday ? a day before the 10th anniversary of the singer's death. It features his trademark fedora, a big smile and Ol' Blue Eyes.
'Larry Bird suit filed (Evansville Courier & Press)
Basketball legend Larry Bird's former home in West Baden, Ind., is now the subject of a federal lawsuit alleging trademark infringement. The civil suit filed on behalf of the NBA Hall of Famer in U.S. District Court in Evansville on Monday alleges the new owners are using Bird's name and fame without his permission, and he seeks to stop them from doing so.
'ZIOPHARM Receives Notices of Allowance for Two U.S. Patent Applications Covering Darinaparsin (Centre Daily Times)
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIOP) announced today that it has received Notices of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for patent applications numbered 11/252,966 and 11/349,043, covering claims for various organic arsenic compounds, including purified crystalline darinaparsin, glycolic arsenicals, and the oral pharmaceutical composition of an organic arsenic compound, and ...
'Crocs wins copyright lawsuit, gets $56M in damages (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shoe company Crocs Inc. said Tuesday a subsidiary won a federal copyright and trademark infringement cast against a number of Chinese shoe companies.
'Lord Chief Justice and his funky new gown (Times Online)
For 300 years the wig and gown have symbolised the authority of the court. All that will change in October, when judges in civil and family cases will ditch their horsehair wigs and instead be dressed by a designer whose trademark is ?funky British clothes for aspiring funky British girls?.
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