Trademark News for 04-Nov-2005
- 'FIFA says trademark office has confirmed rights to World Cup name (Slam! Sports)
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - The European trademark Office has confirmed FIFA's rights to its World Cup marks, soccer's governing body said Friday.
'Bad vibrations between former Beach Boys (CBC)
Love says Wilson promoted SMiLE in a manner that "shamelessly misappropriated Mike Love's songs, likeness and the Beach Boys trademark, as well as the SMiLE album itself."
'Beach Boy Mike Love Sues Brian Wilson (NBC 11 Bay Area)
Beach Boy Mike Love is suing his cousin Brian Wilson over the way Wilson promoted his "Smile" album last year, charging that Wilson "shamelessly misappropriated" the Beach Boys trademark, as well as Love's own songs and likeness.
'Poder magazine gains a new lease on life (Miami Herald)
Poder magazine, whose publisher abruptly shut down in August, has a new lease on life. A group of former employees from the now-defunct Zoom Media Group of Miami Beach have formed their own company and on Tuesday bought the trademark for Poder, a business monthly, and sister publication Loft, a men's lifestyle magazine with plans to relaunch the titles. Terms were not disclosed.
'Beach Boy Mike Love Sues Brian Wilson (The Boston Channel)
Mike Love is suing his cousin Brian Wilson over the way Wilson promoted his "Smile" album, charging that Wilson "shamelessly misappropriated" the Beach Boys' trademark and Love's own songs and likeness.
'Campus life: SGA won't trademark bracelets (College Heights Herald)
Small, red bracelets distributed by the Student Government Association garnered national attention and a possible trademark of the idea. But SGA members don't think a trademark reflects the goal of the civic engagement bracelets. The executive officers of SGA have ended their plan of trademarking the bracelets.
'FIFA scores landmark victory in trademark dispute (FIFA)
Zurich, 4 November 2005 - The European Trademark Office, OHIM (Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market), has confirmed FIFA's rights in its 2006 FIFA World Cup? trademarks.
'Beach Boys singer Mike Love sues Brian Wilson (USA Today)
Mike Love filed a lawsuit against former bandmate Brian Wilson Thursday accusing Wilson of promoting his 2004 album, Smile, in a manner that "shamelessly misappropriated Mike Love's songs, likeness and the Beach Boys trademark, as well as the Smile album itself."
'Child-welfare advocates plead for court vigilance (NorthJersey.com)
PATERSON - Dressed in her trademark purple, Sandra Ramos stood atop the steps to family court Tuesday and called for judges to wear a pin that reads, "Children should be seen, heard, believed and protected."
'Dog called "Sonar" sniffs out 95th watery corpse (Reuters)
Six-year-old Sonar, who is brought in when conventional searches with normal sonar and cameras fail, broke into her trademark bark when cruising over the surface and correctly established the location of a drowned fisherman at the bottom of Tarjanne lake in central Finland.
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