Trademark News for 17-Nov-2005
- 'Starbucks to Trademark in Russia Again (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Starbucks Corp. has regained the right to use its brand on coffee houses in Russia after a protracted legal battle with a trademark squatter who was asking US$600,000 for the logo, Russia's intellectual property agency said Thursday.
'Schultz' Starbucks To Prevail In Russian Trademark Tussle (Forbes)
Former car-alarm salesman had appropriated chain's name.
'Mega Bloks wins Supreme Court decision on Lego trademark case (CBC)
Canada's highest court ruled unanimously Thursday that Mega Bloks does indeed have business in the playrooms of the nation, along with Lego. The Supreme Court of Canada decision marks the end of a long-running trademark battle between the Montreal-based Mega Bloks and Denmark's Lego.
'Mega Bloks wins Supreme Court decision on Lego trademark case (CBC News)
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that Mega Bloks does indeed have business in the playrooms of the nation, along with Lego. It marks the end of a long-running trademark battle between the Montreal-based Mega Bloks and Denmark's Lego.
'Starbucks Wins Trademark Fight in Russia ? Paper (Mosnews)
Starbucks Corp ., the world?s biggest coffee shop chain, has won a trademark fight over the ?Starbucks? name in Russia and is now free to enter the Russian market, the Reuters news agency reported citing Vedomosti business daily.
'Starbucks wins trademark fight in Russia - paper (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
MOSCOW, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp ., the world's biggest coffee shop chain, has won a trademark fight over the "Starbucks" name in Russia and is now free to enter the Russian market, Vedomosti business daily reported on Thursday.
'News conference on Starbucks Corporation trademark postponed (Interfax)
*** The news conference by Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks B. Simonov, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Honorary President A. Volsky and other officials on trademark rights abuses and on Rospatent's resolution on the Starbucks Corporation trademark, which was due to take place at Interfax at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 17, has been postponed.
'Mega Bloks Wins Canadian Trademark Case Against Lego (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Mega Bloks Inc., the world's second- biggest maker of toy building blocks, can continue to sell its blocks in Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled, dismissing a trademark violation claim by the Danish toymaker Lego AS.
'Name Protect Trademark Insider® Ranks Scott J. Fields #1 in Trademark Filing in the United States. (PR Web)
National IP Rights Center, LLC of Blue Bell, PA and its CEO, Attorney Scott J. Fields, have been identified in NameProtect?s Trademark Insider® as major national players in the field of trademark law. [PRWEB Nov 17, 2005]
'Starbucks Wins Trademark Battle In Russia (KOMO)
Starbucks got the rights to their trademark after someone had already claimed the name and demanded money for it; paves the way for Starbucks to open shops in Russia.
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