Trademark News for 24-May-2008
- 'Linked by Adam S on Tue 2nd Aug 2005 13:09 UTC, submitted by Georgina (OS News)
A lawyer acting for Linus Torvalds has contacted Linux vendors in Australia and asked them to sign a legal document relinquishing any legal claim to the word "Linux" and demanding they purchase a licence for its use from the Torvalds-created Linux Mark Institute, which administers the Linux trademark.
'Thomas cowboys up for Dallas (Yahoo! Sports)
New Cowboys linebacker Zach Thomas is exhibiting his trademark dogged intensity backed by smarts and isn't concerned about concussions.
'Iconic Hollywood sign comes east (The Patriot Ledger)
Plymouth Rock Studios officials have a license agreement for the exclusive use of the likeness of the trademark ?Hollywood? sign on a hill outside of Los Angeles. A large white sign with stepped letters will be merged with ?East? to create a new industry trademark on the East Coast.
'MonaVie announces dismissal of trademark lawsuit (Drinks Business Review)
Beverage company MonaVie has announced that the trademark lawsuit brought against it by California-based Imagenetix has been dropped.
'Aveo's cancer technology gets US patent (PharmaBiz)
Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, announced that on May 13, 2008, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted US Patent No. 7,371,515 covering Aveo's Mammalian Second Site Suppressor (MaSS) screen technology for identifying small molecule and ...
'Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 27th Aug 2005 19:41 UTC (New Mobile Computing)
Richard Stallman, chair of the Free Software Foundation, said on Thursday that the Linux trademark fracas in Australia has distracted attention away from the real issue - that of freedom to distribute and change software.
'Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 22nd Aug 2005 18:29 UTC (OS News)
Linux founder Linus Torvalds is defending protection of the Linux trademark and insists that sublicensing is a loss-making operation. He explained that the "cease-and-desist or sublicense the mark" letters are a requirement of maintaining a trademark.
'Judge says Ky. store violated Victoria's Secret trademark (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Victor isn't allowed to have a little secret anymore. A federal judge has permanently enjoined Victor and Cathy Moseley from using the names "Victor's Secret" and "Victor's Little Secret" on their adult novelty and lingerie shop in central Kentucky. U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson said in a ruling issued Wednesday that the names violate the trademark of Ohio-based lingerie manufacturer ...
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