Trademark News for 15-Sep-2005

    'Rugby union wages yet another battle : Mail & Guardian Online
    The South African Rugby Union (Saru) is battling the publishers of the rugby magazine over the rights to use the name the It said the trademark row is among issues to be referred to an investigation called for by Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile into the affairs of the sport. Concerns over the trademark which was registered with the registrar of trademarks in Pretoria in 1999 were voiced during an August 15 meeting ...

    'Another 'Budweiser' Coming to St. Louis - Forbes.com
    Czech brewer Budejovicky Mestansky Pivovar (BMP) isn't interested in picking a trademark fight at least not in the U.S. where it's calling its beer B.B. Burgerbrau - burgerbrau translated means "Beer of the City's Residents." In Europe the same brew is sold as "Budweiser Bier." "I don't want to stick my hand in that fire " said Rob Neuner president of Classic Beverages LLC of Darien Conn. the U.S.

    'Ohio pizza shops at odds over 'buy one get one free' phrase
    The owners of two pizza joints are fighting over who owns the right to the phrase "Buy one get one free." The Lorain County Common Pleas Court is set to decide who's right in this battle over state trademark rights to the similarly sounding slogan. It became an issue last year after Fred Peters' The Original Pizza Pan Inc.

    'Another 'Budweiser' Coming to St. Louis
    Czech brewer Budejovicky Mestansky Pivovar (BMP) isn't interested in picking a trademark fight at least not in the U.S. where it's calling its beer B.B. Burgerbrau - burgerbrau translated means "Beer of the City's Residents." In Europe the same brew is sold as "Budweiser Bier." "I don't want to stick my hand in that fire " said Rob Neuner president of Classic Beverages LLC of Darien Conn. the U.S.

    'INTA Welcomes New U.S. Anticounterfeiting Legislation
    The International trademark Association (INTA) the largest organization in the world dedicated exclusively to the protection of trademarks and the promotion of brands as indicators of quality and reliability welcomes the introduction of U.S. Senate bill 1699 the "Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act " by U.S.


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