Trademark News for 22-Oct-2005
- 'K-tel albums return, minus the toll-free number (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A famous brand is making a comeback in the U.S. music industry. BCI Eclipse, the Navarre-owned label and video company, has licensed the K-tel trademark for a series of compilation albums.
'Polo Trademark Trial (WTVY-TV 4)
A federal jury in New York has decided a legal polo match. And the final outcome is United States Polo Association and Jordache "three," Polo Ralph Lauren "one."
'Bloggers say Gmail trademark dispute was avoidable (CNET)
Blog: Google irked some British bloggers this week by changing its free Gmail service to Googlemail in the United Kingdom in order...
'Google cedes Gmail name in UK in trademark dispute (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Internet search leader Google has been forced to change the name of its free Gmail email service in Britain after failing to secure the necessary trademark.
'Court restrains trader from using trademark (Ghanaweb.com)
Accra, Oct. 22, GNA - An Accra Fast Track High Court on Friday restrained a trader from using a trademark of a company to import items. The Court restrained Mr Kwabena Mireku from using the trademark "White Cat" of Beatex Enterprise, which is owned by Mr Edmund Akoto-Bamfo to import products.
''Gmail' hit with trademark claim in UK (Sydney Morning Herald)
Google has dropped the 'Gmail' tag from the logo and new account addresses of its free email service in Britain, bowing to a small British company that claims the US giant has infringed its trademark. -
'BASF Increases Capacity for Polyisobutene in Ludwigshafen (ChemPoint)
FLORHAM PARK, October 6, 2005 -- BASF is to increase its production of medium molecular weight polyisobutene (MM PIB), which is marketed worldwide under the OppanolŪ trademark.
'BRITAIN: Google drops 'Gmail' name in Britain following trademark row (AsiaMedia)
London --- Google dropped the "Gmail" tag from the logo and new account addresses of its free e-mail service in Britain on Wednesday, bowing to the demands of a small British company that claims the United States giant has infringed its trademark.
'When it comes to expansion, Starbucks stops here (The Age)
The Seattle coffee giant is one of many Western companies being held back by Russian trademark squatters. By Andrew Kramer in Moscow.
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