Trademark News for 07-Oct-2006
- 'Teens remember fallen friend (Asbury Park Press)
In the halls of Colts Neck High School, hundreds of students can be seen wearing shirts bearing the letter Z. On the rear windshield of several cars in the parking lot, students have written the name of Mark T. Zarantonello above his trademark symbol: a Z transposed into the Superman insignia.
'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.
'SCANDALS: No party holds a monopoly on morals (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
So, anybody up for a chat about family values? The term has been a registered trademark of the GOP - the self-styled Morals Party - for years, a bludgeon against Democrats who, by implication, oppose families and have no values. Like most political language, it's a code. "Family values" means the pol in question has God on speed dial and can be counted upon to oppose gun control, the so-called
'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 [...]
'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.
'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:
'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.
'Short hemlines dominate Chanel show (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld launched his spring/summer 2007 ready-to-wear collection on Friday with models parading trademark Chanel jackets over underwear-revealing skirts.
'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.
'SPAM maker sees trademark bid canned (ZDNet UK via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Hormel Foods has failed in an attempt to register 'spam' as a trademark for junk email
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