Trademark News for 12-Oct-2006
- 'Niagara County seeking a trademark for bicentennial (The Buffalo News)
LEWISTON - Niagara County needs a trademark for its 200th birthday party. Leaders of the Niagara County Bicentennial Committee gathered Tuesday in Niagara University's Castellani Art Museum to announce a contest to find a logo for the 2008 observance.
'Bakers cuts deal to take on Unilever trademark work? (Legal Week)
Baker & McKenzie has been appointed by Unilever to manage the consumer goods giant?s global trademark portfolio. The firm beat more than 20 rival firms in a beauty parade to land the outsourcing deal, which comes into effect in January next year.
'?while Linklaters shuts trademark practice as IP partner jumps ship to Taylor Wessing (Legal Week)
The head of Linklaters? trademark filing and prosecution practice, Roland Mallinson, is to join Taylor Wessing as the magic circle firm brings its bulk trademark practice to an end.
'EU rejects Hormel's Spam trademark bid (Pioneer Press)
Hormel Foods, the producer of the canned pork product Spam, has lost a bid to claim the word as a trademark for unsolicited e-mails. EU trademark officials rejected Hormel's appeal, dealing the Austin, Minn.-based company another setback in its struggle to prevent software companies from using the word "spam" in their products, a practice it argued was diluting its brand name. The European Office
'EU rejects Spam maker's trademark bid (AP via Yahoo! News)
The producer of the canned pork product Spam has lost a bid to claim the word as a trademark for unsolicited e-mails. EU trademark officials rejected Hormel Foods Corp.'s appeal, dealing the company another setback in its struggle to prevent software companies from using the word "spam" in their products, a practice it argued was diluting its brand name.
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