Trademark News for 06-Oct-2006
- 'Patent and Trademark Litigator John Harbin Joins King & Spalding's Intellectual Property Practice (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today that John Harbin, a litigator with more than 20 years of experience handling intellectual property and complex business cases, has joined the firm as partner in its intellectual property practice group. Harbin's practice will focus on trying patent, trade secret and trademark cases for a broad spectrum of clients.
'Spam a lot: Spiced ham purveyor fails in trademark bid (ElectricNews.Net)
Hormel Foods, which owns the trademark for spiced ham food product SPAM, has failed in its attempt to register "spam" as an EU-wide trademark when used to designate unsolicited e-mails.
'Google Wins Keyword Trademark Ruling (Search Engine Journal)
Google Wins Keyword Trademark Ruling Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Watch posts on a legal victory for Google (I totally missed it) that basically allows Google to permit companies to use their competitors? brands as keywords (not as visible text or title tags). Barry points to a San Jose Mercury article and more technical legal analysis [...]
'CV Therapeutics Receives Notices of Allowance From U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office for (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
CV Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has received Notices of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and from the European Patent Office for its proprietary biopolymer stent coating technology.
'Like spinning plates: Tight competition a Talladega trademark (USA Today)
Answers to pressing questions heading into Sunday's UAW- Ford 500 Nextel Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway by USA TODAY's Seth Livingstone:
'S'pore High Court rejects 'MacCoffee' as trademark (Borneo Bulletin)
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Will that be MacCoffee or McCafe? Singapore's High Court has ruled that a Singapore firm's instant coffee mix brand is similar to the "McCafe" name operated by US fast food giant McDonald's Corporation and so rejected an attempt to register "MacCoffee" as a trademark.
'Spam maker sees trademark bid canned (ZDNet)
Worried the word might be confused with its spicy ham, Hormel attempted to register "spam" as trademark for junk e-mail.
'Coach sues Target, cites trademark dispute (USA Today)
Coach has accused Target of selling a fake Coach purse, making the high-end handbag maker the latest luxury company to go to court alleging trademark infringement.
'Spam a lot: Spiced ham purveyor fails in trademark bid (Silicon.com)
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