Trademark News for 07-Sep-2005
- 'OSTA Introduces MPV Interoperability Specification and Trademark Licensing Program
Available Now New MPV Specification Improves Playback Interoperability and Exchange of Collections of Digital Media CUPERTINO Calif. Sept. 7 2005 (PRIMEZONE) The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) has made the MPV Interoperability Specification (MPV-IS) version 1.0 available for downloading from the OSTA website. - 'Some Legal Support On The Question Of Legal Liability And Text Ads
For years we've been saying that most of these lawsuits against Google for selling text ads based on trademarked terms have in two ways. First Google is just an open service provider and therefore any liability should fall on the advertiser and not Google. However much more important is that most of these ads don't infringe on trademark at all. trademark doesn't give the holder a monopoly right on their name. The purpose is simply to prevent confusion. So as long as the ad doesn't confuse the user into believing it was put there by someone else it should be legal. It appears some law students are now backing this up with some more legal background. The Executive Editor for the Duke Law and Technology Review has submitted a link to an article that pretty much backs up what we've been saying here pointing out that with one clear and easy to understand exception. If the ad is confusing in a way that violates trademark law and Google is informed about it and doesn't take it down then they may face some liability. - 'Snoop Dogg Sues Over The Hizzle And Shizzle
Tuesday September 06 2005 @ 04:30 PM A Philadelphia car dealership is having a tough time not getting sued by internationally famous rappers. by a suit from 50 Cent is alleging that ads promoted by Gary Barbera Enterprises are trademark infringement using language that is "confusingly similar to the The trademark the suit speaks of is the "izzle" sound that Snoop has made famous in song and ... - 'Owners Urged To Seek Patents
Patent office outreach program aims to curb intellectual property theft. Already swamped by applications the U.S. - 'Las Vegas to Discuss Trademark Sale
LAS VEGAS The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has scheduled two special committee meetings to discuss potential policy changes in the wake of last year's controversial $1 sale of the "What happens here stays here" trademark. The first gathering is set for Tuesday when the four participating board members will further address this month's report by the law firm Morrison & Foerster. - 'US Patent & Trademark Office Issues Expedited Patent for New Technology to Help the US Government "Counter Terrorism"
WASHINGTON Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ Data Quality Solutions of Silver Spring MD announced today that the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) had issued them an expedited patent for their "Enterprise Business Process Management System and Method". The USPTO on rare occasions expedites the patent review and approval processes for innovative promising inventions that are in the national interest. - 'Trojan Law Offices signs with Paper Street Web Design to develop new web site
TLO is a Southern California law firm that practices in the areas of patents trademarks and intellectual property. TLO also develops an entire intellectual property strategy to protect their client's. - 'Counterfeit items pose real threat to public
RCMP Superintendent Ken Hansen with counterfeit items - all potentially lethal: "They take so little care it's almost deliberate." Faced with unprecedented levels of counterfeit and increasingly dangerous goods coming into Canada Ottawa is preparing to give customs and police officers tough new powers to stop such items at the border and prosecute those preying on consumers. Trade in counterfeit items - everything from electrical power bars and batteries to car parts and prescription drugs ... - 'Blue Holdings Inc. Enters into Distribution Agreement for Yanuk Products in Japan
a designer manufacturer and distributor of high-end fashion jeans and denim apparel today announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement in Japan for products under the Yanuk trademark effective September 1 2005 with Caitac International Inc. ("Caitac"). Under the terms of the distribution agreement Caitac will be the exclusive distributor of Blue Holdings' clothing apparel including jeans and related products bearing the "Yanuk" trademark in Japan and all of its territories and ... - 'Each winner will also receive:
Children 7 to 13 only. Visit your local H-E-B for complete rules and details. No purchase necessary to win. Disney elements ©Disney. Disney/Pixar elements ©Disney/Pixar. ÆRegistered trademark and trademark of Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. © 2005 KCWW.5065.KI5.3/05 • Four (4) game tickets and a parking pass • One (1) authentic game jersey • A feature on the video scoreboard
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