Updated: ConsimInfo Sues Google For Trademark Infringement – Is It A Wise
2009-09-21 12:58:00 Update: Consim info CEO, Murugavel Janakiraman in a telephonic conversation notified us that the company has got interim injunction (Order to hold action against defendant) in this trademark infringement case. He has also seconded our thought that the litigation was to stop any such wrong-doing’s in future rather than to extract any big compensation from the companies. The company has also clarified that they have challenged only the matrimonial searches and as such has no plans to go for similar things to protect its other portals like Clickjobs, Indialist. The case is also a precedence to stop any such practices as Bharatmatrimony is going for expansion in many regional centric portal like patelmatrimony, agarwalmatrimony etc. He also sounded gung ho about the online matrimonial business although refused to give any financial information regarding the company. Google makes pots of money from its Adwords programme but that cash cow is now bringing litigations at its doorst...
By: WATblog
How to Register a Trademark in India
2009-09-17 21:00:00 Considering to incorporate a company? But have you thought about registering a trademark or servicemark for the products or services you are planning to offer? Need help in registering a trademark in India?
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Two Trademark Claims, Affirms One
2009-09-03 05:51:00 In Wyatt Technology Corporation v. Smithson, the plaintiff filed suit in the Central District of California alleging trademark claims and other business torts against the defendants arising out of the bankruptcy of the Proterion Corporation. The Central District of California dismissed three of Wyatt’s trademark claims on summary judgment. On Aug. 27, the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded dismissal of two of the three trademark claims and affirmed dismissal of one. The opinion doesn’t provide much additional background; the court just gets to the point: “Wyatt’s trademark claims concerning domain names could have been brought under either the Lanham Act or the Anticybersquatting Protection Act. Wyatt brought suit only under the former, so it must show a use of the mark in connection with the sale of goods. Linking to commercial business qualifies. The district court’s contrary ruling constitutes legal error. The district court also erred in ...
Does Twitter own the trademark on ?Tweet??
2009-08-22 00:18:00 Sam Johnston has a great post on Twitter’s recent trademark trouble. The following post attempts to shed a little legal light on what is a rather complex intellectual property issue. The Twitter Trademark Application On April 16, 2009, Twitter filed a federal trademark application for the trademark “Tweet.” The application covered the following three
By: Blawg IT
Hey Sucker, We've Got Your China Trademark And Your're Goin'
2009-07-08 12:51:00 Over the last six months or so, my firm's work for Chinese companies going international has zoomed, and with that, my knowledge of how Chinese companies "handle" foreign companies has zoomed as well. One of the things I have learned is that Chinese companies understand the value of trademarks -- YOUR trademark. Let me explain. I am going to have to be very vague here so as to avoid revealing any confidential information, but I can be specific enough so you can get the gist. Two stories: 1. Chinese company manufactures product for US company. Product ships from China with US company name on it and US company distributes it throughout North America. China company also sells its product in North America under its own brand name. US company is trying to get Chinese company to lower its prices and Chinese company is balking. US company is talking of finding another manufacturer. Chinese company tells me that people in China "very friendly" to them registered the US compa...
By: China Law Blog
What Should I Use on My Trademark: , TM or SM?
2009-06-29 22:14:00 Your company has a trademark, but what do you know about it? Does your company use one of these symbols with its trademark: , TM and SM? Are they required? Does it matter? What is a Trademark?A trademark is a word, name, phrase, symbol, color, scent or sound used to identify particular goods or services as ...
By: Blawg IT
Registering Your Trademark In The US And China On The Cheap.
2009-06-23 07:54:00 Many years ago, a very good client of mine (in a China related business) called me in a panic. The client had gone to its regular US corporate counsel and asked about using a trade name on product it would be importing from China. Its corporate counsel said it saw no problems and my client went ahead and imported the product. This turned out to be a bad move. A very bad move. As soon as the product hit the US, it was stopped at customs as counterfeit. Within hours, my client received a fax from one of its direct (and probably most hated competitors), saying that the imported product was counterfeit and that if my client did not pay $25,000 and destroy all of the boxes with the trade name on it, it would be facing a lawsuit. For ease of reference, let's call this competitor "the enemy." My client came to me and we met with a top flight local trademark lawyer (that same afternoon) and we all determined that the enemy was absolutely right. My client was using the enemy&ap...
By: China Law Blog
Chanel Inc. sues Illinois resident over trademark infrigement
2009-06-19 03:37:00 Alright fashionistas out there. Time for a pop quiz. Which of the following is the REAL, federally registered trademark for Chanel, Inc.? ...
Which Comes First, The China Trademark Or The China OEM Contract?
2009-06-15 06:21:00 I am paranoid about my clients registering their trademarks in China, pretty much before they do anything else. For a few examples of my feelings on this, check out, "China Trademarks -- Do You Feel Lucky? Do You?" "China Trademark Law: Simple And Effective" and "Trademark Protection In The Global (And China) Marketplace." The bottom line is that if you have a trademark or trade name worth protecting and you are doing any business at all in China, you absolutely must register your trademark at your earliest opportunity. But lately I have been having my doubts. Just a little. Not that long ago, a client came to us having reached a tentative agreement to sell millions of dollars of product to a Chinese city government. The deal looked good from all angles and my firm was hired to draft the contract. I discussed with my client the need to register their product's trademark in China before anyone else beat them to it. My client was concerned about this because a number of peo...
By: China Law Blog
Think You Have A Well Known China Trademark. Think Again.
2009-06-08 11:30:00 China's Supreme Court recently confirmed what my firm has always been telling its clients: if you want to protect your trademark in China, you absolutely must register it in China. We have always said that because the likelihood is so slim of being able to prove that a trademark is a well known mark and the cost of trying to do so is so much higher than actually filing, that unless you are as well known as Coca Cola, you should just go ahead and register. China's Supreme Court just came out with an explanation saying essentially the same thing. Co-blogger Steve Dickinson explains this new explanation below. PRC Supreme Court Explanation of Legal Issues Concerning Well Known Trademarks by: Steve Dickinson The issue of protection of “well known” foreign trademarks is a continuing area of dispute in China. In an attempt to clarify some of the issues, the PRC Supreme Court recently issued an explanation of the issues arising in disputes relating to well known marks. This is...
By: China Law Blog
Google To Allow Trademark Use In Ads
2009-05-18 16:22:00 In a unprecedented decision Google recently announced a change in its advertising policy which would allow advertisers to use trademarks of other companies in their ads under certain circumstances. This marks a significant step as Google was sued earlier even though it was discouraging trademark violations. Google’s Dan Friedman said in a blog post,”Under certain criteria, you can use trademark terms in your ad text in the U.S. even if you don’t own that trademark or have explicit approval from the trademark owner to use it. This change will help you to create more narrowly targeted ad text that highlights your specific inventory.” This action has already started a stir among trademark holders and some are even on the bandwagon to file suits against Google. Google till recently has been witnessing a flurry of trademark related lawsuits. Google although in ToS agreement specifies that it won’t be liable for any damages occurring from abuse of trademark even...
By: WATblog
When Not To (And When To) File Your China Trademark.
2009-05-18 15:35:00 Stan Abrams over at China Hearsay just did a great post entitled, When Not To File A Trademark (yes, you heard me). It is based on Duncan Bucknell's post, (Five reasons not to file a trademark). They both list the following five reasons not to bother registering a trademark: 1 - your business is only ever going to be confined to a subset of a country (and not extend to the whole country); 2 - you can’t afford it just yet; 3 - you don’t actually care if people use your brand without your permission (there are business models where this makes sense); 4 - you have no real brand, you rely on a descriptive moniker which attracts volume based sales, not brand loyalty; 5 - the product or service is still confidential and you don’t want competitors to be able to get an insight into it by monitoring the trade mark databases. I am going to analyze these five reasons with respect to China only and I am going to set out a few additional reasons why it does not always make sens...
By: China Law Blog
Russian Pays For Trademark Emoticon: What Will He Buy Next?
2008-12-28 15:01:00 Would you buy an emoticon? One Russian businessman did, and he has trademarked that combination of punctuation marks used to convey a wink in text messages and email. The question is? why did he do it? Read on even though the answer still may not be clear.
How To Globally (And In China) Protect Your Trademark
2008-10-19 10:37:00 Now I know I am always writing on protecting trademarks in China, but that is because I have seen far too many companies make the mistake of believing they do not need to register their trademark in China either because they have registered it in the United States or because they are "just" manufacturing their product in China, not selling it there. Both beliefs are wrong and both beliefs can lead to the same result: someone in China being able to prevent you from using a name or mark you thought belonged to you. Anyway, Laurel Delany, of the always very informative Global Small Business Blog recently did a post on global trademark protection, entitled, "Globally: Protect Yourself." The piece does a nice job emphasizing the steps companies must take to protect their trademarks overseas and it links to Ms. Delany's story in this month's Entrepreneur Magazine. I actually have one tiny beef with the article though. It quotes US attorney Peter Sloane saying that "A pending [tra...
By: China Law Blog
Trademark Protection In The Global Marketplace
2008-09-18 08:14:00 This article was written by my friend, Brian Geoghegan, who describes himself as having "practiced trademark and copyright law since graduating in 1985 from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). In 2003, he finally left behind the megafirm lifestyle and founded GeoMark, a boutique trademark and copyright law firm." Trademarks are among the most important assets of any company. Indeed, if it weren't for trademarks, customers would be unlikely to even find a company's products. Naturally, then, most companies want to protect these essential and valuable assets to the greatest extent possible and therefore make sure that they are registered with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (the "USPTO"). But many companies stop there, thinking the job complete. It doesn’t occur to them that trademark rights are territorial and that owning a United States trademark registration creates no rights whatsoever outside the borders of the U.S. I...
By: China Law Blog
Still No USOC Lawsuits Over Seattle-Area Use of OLYMPIC as Trademark
2008-06-09 05:10:00 Not to tempt fate, but I couldn’t help but notice that the U.S. Olympic Committee has not flooded the Western District of Washington with lawsuits over Seattle-area companies’ use of OLYMPIC in their names and trademarks. (See STL posts on this issue from August 12, 2007; Jan. 10, 2008; Jan. 13, 2008; and Jan. 28, 2008). In fact, the USOC has not filed a single lawsuit in the Western District despite hundreds of Washington businesses making use of the word that has caused the USOC to send letters to some demanding that they cease and desist such use. Its heavy-handed demand letters notwithstanding, the USOC seems to have a lighter touch when it comes to filing suit. Knock on wood.
Jealous "Cash Now Pusher" Bogarting JG Wentworth's Trademark?
2008-06-01 00:00:00 Is Woodbridge Investments' Bob Shapiro a "factoring industry" voyeur? I say that because for some reason it seems that his company's long telescope is trained on JG Wentworth. Is is it out of jealousy, or something more sinister? Read on...
Starbucks May Oppose Seattle's Rat City Rollergirls Trademark Application
2008-05-31 19:02:00 Confusingly similar? Likely to cause dilution?Sorry for the delay, but this hit the media while I was at INTA…. Starbucks Corp. has been granted an extension of time to oppose the Rat City Rollergirls, LLC’s application to register its design mark used in connection with “Coordination of recreational sporting opportunities for individuals who wish to participate in team league sports; Promoting sports competitions and/or events of others.” The Rat City Rollergirls are Seattle’s roller derby league.The Seattle Post-Intelligencer quotes a Starbucks spokesperson as saying: “We haven’t opposed it — we have asked for more time to look at it.” She added: “There’s a lot of room for us to work together to find a mutually beneficial conclusion here.”The paper also quotes Rat City’s lawyer as saying: “The Starbucks lawyer said that the girls on the roller derby team look scary,...
Wipro Lighting wins trademark infringement case
2008-05-31 09:17:00 Wipro Consumer Care Lighting has won a trademark infringement case against a Delhi company that had been using its brand name and similar ... Click on Headline to read full Article..
Notes in Adidas v. Payless Trademark Dispute Reveal Juror Mindset
2008-05-13 05:39:00 Interesting to see juror notes become a part of the docket in the recently-decided case of Adidas America, Inc. v. Payless Shoesource, Inc. As many will recall, an Oregon jury last week found Payless’ use of two- and four-stripe designs for athletic shoes infringed Adidas’ three-stripe design for its competing athletic shoes.In an undated note to District of Oregon Judge Garr M. King, a juror asked: “If this case was found for adidas, would adidas own 2 and 4 stripes?”The court’s response: “The legal ownership of two and four stripes, generally, is not an issue in this case. The issues for consideration involve only the shoes accused in this case.”This guidance undoubtedly is correct. But for a litigator it’s always fascinating (and, I’ll admit it, sometimes scary) to see what goes through jurors’ minds. This was important enough a question for a juror to ask — and the response essentially was an i...
Blue Nile Settles Trademark Dispute over BUILD YOUR OWN RING
2008-05-12 01:46:00 After the Settlement: Portions of Blue Nile’s and James Allen’s “BUILD- YOUR OWN RING” and “Design Your Own” Web pagesOn May 8, Western District Judge Thomas Zilly dismissed Blue Nile, Inc.’s lawsuit against competing online jeweler James Allen Diamonds, Inc. and JamesAllen.com LLC based on the parties’ stipulation. The complaint had alleged that defendants’ use of BUILD YOUR OWN RING as a trademark infringed Blue Nile’s pri-or common law rights in the same mark. Defendants had denied Blue Nile’s allegations and asserted in counterclaims for declaratory judgment that their use of the words did not infringe Blue Nile’s trademark rights and that BUILD YOUR OWN RING was invalid because it did not function as a protectable trademark.The terms of the settlement are not known to STL, but it appears that defendants have changed their alleged use of “Build Your ...
Trademark removal - the aftermath
2008-05-07 22:24:00 So after all the hoopla about Google removing the trademark protection from its Adwords system (of which I only got chance to write about once as I was too busy doing something about it at work!) what was the outcome? The removal happened on Monday (bank holiday, coincidence? I think not) while most of us were enjoying the good weather or a badly played round of golf in my case. You can be damn sure there were no affiliates out on the golf course as they were all in-doors getting on as many brand terms as possible to make the most of the changes. The net affect from what I have seen is the obvious rise in brand ownerships CPCs (about 30-60p increase on average) which is a big deal if you are somebody who relies no their brand sales to bring down the overall cost of the medium. Affiliates and clued up competitors are having a field day at the moment with not many people following Tesco’s moral stance of not bidding on competitors terms. I personally think it will all b...
Sunday Linky Love
2008-05-05 07:35:00 These flower pot and gummy worm treats are such a great idea for a kids party. Trademark cases are popping up all over these days. Sk*rt is changing their name due to the threat of a lawsuit. Time magazine did a story on James Rhoades and his quest to have a relationship with his son. I’m glad ...
By: The Bean Blog
Meta Tags Constitute Trademark Infringement or Not?
2008-05-03 00:00:00 A couple of influential court cases in the US have been decided, however, they differ on the overall outcome when it comes to use of trademarked words in META data including keywords constitute trademark infringement. North American Medical Corp. v. Axiom Worldwide, Inc. But in this case, I do not think Axiom denied placing those terms in their meta tags. The question Goldman has is, did the meta tags influence the site to rank for those terms? Google has told us they ignore the keywords meta tag, but said they do use the meta description tag. But would the meta description tag alone be enough to rank a site for? Hard to say. But if you add some links to the equation, then it is a no brainer. Search Engine Land Although Axiom?s website never displayed NAM?s trademarked terms to visitors and never mentioned NAM or NAM?s products, Axiom nonetheless included the terms within its meta tags to influence Internet search engines. For instance, evidence in this case indicated that, before A...
By: SEOPittfall
How to Find the Right Expert Witness for Your Trademark Case (Part 2)
2008-04-28 03:01:00 STL’s previous post offered some strategies for finding the right expert witness in trademark cases. On Friday, the Las Vegas Trademark Attorney blog added a few suggestions, including the following: “One popular online source is the online expert witness directory JurisPro. Other expert witness websites listing the credentials of various trademark experts include ALMExperts.com, expertwitnesses.com, and Intota.com.” These are good tips. Thanks, Ryan. For Westlaw users out there, here is another that I think is particularly worthwhile. The Intellectual Property Expert Witness Filings (IP-EW-DOCS) database contains expert reports, affidavits, deposition transcripts, and trial transcripts of expert witnesses who have testified in IP cases. This is a good way not only to identify who the quality trademark experts are, but also to learn how they have testified in previous cases. These same materials are great for those preparing ...
Want An Eco Trademark? Stand in Line
2008-04-27 14:19:00 According to the report, Trends in Trademarks, applications for patents on trademarks, logos and taglines reached an all time high in 2007. And chief among the requests?those related to green...
By: Green Options
The SEO Trademark Tussle gets Nasty
2008-04-25 14:24:00 Earlier this month we informed our readers that a guy named Jason Gambert had been running around in the Trademark Office trying to get the term Search Engine Optimization (SEO) trademarked. (...)
How to Find the Right Expert Witness for Your Trademark Case
2008-04-25 05:18:00 Expert witnesses can be hugely important in trademark cases. Part-icularly through survey evidence, they can help establish if a mark is generic (and hence unprotectable); that a descriptive mark has acquired secondary meaning (and therefore is protectable); that a mark has actually confused or is likely to confuse consumers with another mark; that a mark is famous; and that one user’s mark is likely to cause dilution by blurring or dilution by tarnishment. Experts also can help establish the opposite of these propositions.So how do you find a capable trademark law expert? Here’s what I’ve come up with. First, check out trademark cases in which expert testimony has been offered. Find cases like yours. If neither the opposing side nor the court has blasted holes in the expert’s methodology, there’s a good chance they know what they’re doing. Second, ask around. The INTA list serve and other trademark law practitioners would be a ...
Apple gets the iPhone trademark in Japan
2008-04-23 17:40:00 Everybody calm down for a minute, this just what one site is reporting, and this does not mean that an iPhone is coming to Japan, not just yet at least. It is telling though, that Apple at least has an interest in Japan. Why this matters so much though, as opposed to other countries the iPhone goes to, is what type of network they run in Japan. If what they are saying is true, then the iPhone just could be on it’s way. If you guessed 3G, then you are absolutely correct. Unlike the US, where AT&T offers a GSM network, and a 3G network, in Japan, they have already abolished traditional GSM in favor of 3G GSM, which is actually W-CDMA. 3G of course offers faster data, better voice quality, and overall more interactivity than the 2G based GSM technology. For the iPhone to come to Japan, it would have to be 3G enabled. Apple negotiating terms for the iPhone trademark in Japan, means they got their eye on Japan. We all know the 3G iPhone is coming soon, but Japan is just anoth...
Apple secures trademark for iPhone in Japan, Japan may get 3G?
2008-04-23 13:02:00 It is reported that Apple is making friendly advances with Japanese company Aiphone, and both companies have apparently struck up a deal over the use of the iPhone trademark in Japan which allows both Apple and Aiphone to use said trademark. Although Aiphone isn?t quite the same as iPhone, apparently, both words are indistinguishable when transferred ...
By: Phones Review
Two More Regional Trademark Law Blogs Worth Checking Out
2008-04-21 01:32:00 I think it’s a great model. Pick a geographic region, and try to cover it well. In recent weeks I’ve come across two regional trademark law blogs that embrace this approach. Both are well worth checking out.First is the Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog. Sure, it’s not only about trademarks, but publisher Brian Higgins offers plenty of interest for those who practice in our area. I particularly like his statistical analysis of new trademark filings — both in federal court and with the Patent and Trademark Office (with sweet bar graphs — I’ve got to figure out how to do that). Good Maryland case summaries too. No wonder this blog has become so popular.The other is the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Trademark Attorney Blog, published by Milord Keshishian. This blog helps practitioners stay on top of active trademark happenings in southern California. (Indeed, according to the Maryland Intellectual Property Law ...
Apr/08/08 Trademark Confusion
2008-04-18 10:01:00 On Febrary 15th, 2008 a California district court ruled that a defendant’s use of a trademark in a keyword and sponsored search By Elizabeth Stollings, Sedo’s Legal TeamOn February 15, 2008 a California district court ruled that a defendant’s use of a trademark in a keyword and sponsored search advertisement caused initial interest confusion which ...
Unscrupulous Companies Target Unsuspecting Trademark Owners
2008-04-17 05:19:00 This morning, a client forwarded me an email it received from a company ostensibly doing business in China. The email read as follows:RE: Intellectual property rightsDear CEO,We are the domain name registration organization in Asia, which mainly deal with international company’s in Asia. We have something important we need to confirm with your company. On the April 14, 2008, we received an application formally. One company named [Fake Company] wanted to register following Domain names:clientstrademark.asiaclie-ntstrademark.cnclientstrademark-.com.cnclientstrademark.com.hkc-lientstrademark.com.twclientstr-ademark.hkclientstrademark.twIn-ternet Trademark: clientstrademarkthrough our body.After our initial examination, we found that the keywords and domain names applied for registration are the same as your company’s name and trademark. These days we are dealing with it. If you do not know this company, we doubt that they have aims other than to buy thes...
Trademark dispute over Facebook name
2008-04-16 03:52:00 April 16, News.com.auFACEBOOK founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is caught up in a fresh legal dispute with a former college friend.Aaron Greenspan has filed a petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the social networking website's legal entitlements to its name.Mr Greenspan, 25, claims his ex-classmate Mr Zuckerberg, 23, shouldn't have been able to trademark the name "Facebook" in 2005 as it had been used generically at Harvard for decades.The term "face book" was used to describe any paper or electronic tool that displayed the faces of students and faculty, Mr Greenspan said.He added that he used the name "Face Book" for his own project, houseSYSTEM, in September 2003. Four months later, Mr Zuckerberg launched thefacebook.com.Mr Greenspan claims he has email evidence to show Mr Zuckerberg knew about the houseSYSTEM "face book" feature and even considered merging it into his own growing network.Facebook now has over 70 million users worldwide and has b...
Class Action Trademark and Anti-Cybersquatting Lawsuit Against Google and D
2008-04-15 00:00:00 Posted by Sarah Bird, Esquire May It Please the Mozzers, According to Google, its Adsense program for domains "allows domain name registrars and large domain name holders to unlock the value in their parked page inventory." After a ruling by the Northern District of Illinois a few weeks ago, Adsense may also allow plaintiffs’ attorneys ...
Five-Year Delay May Cut Off Trademark Infringement Damages, But Not Claim
2008-04-14 06:18:00 In Sonoma Foods, Inc. v. Sonoma Cheese Factory, LLC, plaintiff cheese maker sued defendant cheese maker in the Northern District of California. At issue was Sonoma Cheese Factory’s use of Sonoma Foods’ registered trademarks, SONOMA CHEESE FACTORY and DESIGN and SONOMA JACK (the “Bull Trademarks”), allegedly constituting infringement and a false description or passing off. According to Sonoma Cheese Factory, before December 31, 2001, Sonoma Foods owned and operated the Sonoma Cheese Factory retail store. On that date, the corporation was restructured; Sonoma Cheese Factory, LLC, was formed; and Sonoma Foods transferred the retail store to the new entity. When Sonoma Cheese Factory acquired the store, it continued to use the same signs and packaging that Sonoma Foods had used. It is that use about which Sonoma Foods complains. Two Photos Sonoma Cheese Factory submitted in support of its motion for part...
Free Url Submissions - PageRank is a trademark of Google
2008-04-12 18:51:00 Free Url Submissions Add to www.google.com Add your URL to Google Google indexes the text that is visible on any page that it crawls. It's a very good idea to write a good description of the page and build it around the most likely search term(s) and place that near the top of your page. Google uses a proprietary PageRank algorithm for determining relevance and ranking of pages in the search results. The name PageRank is a trademark of Google. PageRank is derived in large part from the PageRanks of other pages. Submit your site ! A collection of directories for submiting your site! Add URL To Search Engines ! Free URL Submissions ! Free URL Submissions here Best links to URL Submissions Best Free Url Submissions DMOZ.org ExactSeek.com Google.com Livesearching.net MSN.com ScrubTheWeb.com Search-O-Rama.com SearchSight.com SingingFish VXbox.com Yahoo.com Websquash.com Sahfor.com Add URL-Free.com Aeiwi.com Allfreethings.com Walhello Internet Search Free website direct...
Trademark mayhem in the name of ad dollars
2008-04-10 17:38:00 So Google have finally done it. Sacrificed their morals on trademark protection in the name of more revenue by opening up all brand terms, whether registered trademarks or not, to anybody who chooses to bid on them. This has been their system in the US and Canada for a while now and their arguement is that it provides a better user experience by offering the searcher companies which provide the same product or service as the one whose trademark they have searched for. The changes will come into play on May 5th and from this point any advertiser will be free to bid for any brand terms they choose. Fittingly this is a bank holiday in the UK and so the mayhem which will undoubtedly unfold will do so when the majority of industry representatives are away from work! If you remember what happened when Google made changes to their minimum bid system (and it all went t*ts up!) it makes you wonder whether this date has been set intentionally by the big G. So cue brands bidding on ...
How to Protect your Brand from the Google UK Trademark Change
2008-04-10 00:00:00 The big talking point over the last week has been about Google’s decision to allow trademark bidding in the UK. Everyone seems to have an opinion about whether allowing trademark bidding is a good or bad idea, I understand why Google would want to keep a good relationship with advertisers by preventing competitors bidding for their ...
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National Trademark Expo to be held at USPTO?s Alexandria Campus April 10-12
2008-04-10 00:00:00 U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jon Dudas will formally open the National Trademark Expo on Thursday, April 10. Joining Under Secretary Dudas will be Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille, Smokey Bear, the Pillsbury Doughboy, Sprout and other iconic trademarked characters. Also on hand will be Anson Williams, who played ?Potsie? on the 1970s TV series, ?Happy Days.? His firm Starmaker Products is an exhibitor at the Expo.
National Trademark Expo to be held at USPTO?s Alexandria Campus April 10-12
2008-04-10 00:00:00 U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jon Dudas will formally open the National Trademark Expo on Thursday, April 10. Joining Under Secretary Dudas will be Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille, Smokey Bear, the Pillsbury Doughboy, Sprout and other iconic trademarked characters. Also on hand will be Anson Williams, who played ?Potsie? on the 1970s TV series, ?Happy Days.? His firm Starmaker Products is an exhibitor at the Expo.
Trademark SEO? Come On!
2008-04-09 13:07:00 It seems the world we live in has recently been relocated to the 'Twilight Zone'. (...)
US Court Rules Meta Tags Can Constituted Trademark Infringement
2008-04-09 08:27:00 Eric Goldman reports that an 11th circuit, US Court of Appeals has upheld a district court’s decision that the use of trademarked terms in meta tags can cause confusion and thus can constitute trademark infringement. North American Medical Corp. v. Axiom Worldwide, Inc. docket number 06-01678 CV-JTC-1 (PDF) doesn’t specifically say if the trademarked terms ...
Yacht Maker Sues Competitor Over ALEUTIAN Trademark
2008-04-08 06:30:00 On April 2, Seattle-based Grand Banks Yachts Pte. Ltd. filed a trademark infringement suit in the Western District against Tacoma-based Aleutian Yachts, LLC. At issue is the parties’ use of ALEUTIAN in connection with their competing yacht building businesses. The complaint alleges that Aleutian’s use of its ALEUTIAN mark is “likely to lead consumers to mistakenly conclude that the yachts marketed and sold by defendants were exclusively or jointly built by, licensed or certified by, or otherwise sponsored or approved by Grand Banks, or that [Aleutian’s] products or websites are somehow affiliated, connected, or associated with Grand Banks.” Grand Banks also alleges that Aleutian wrongly registered the aleutianyachts.com domain name. Aleutian has not yet filed its answer. The case cite is Grand Banks Yachts Pte. Ltd. v. Aleutian Yachts, LLC, No. 08-513 (W.D. Wash.).
Konami ?Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia? Trademark
2008-04-06 05:28:00 Great news, the US trademark database shown that Konami has trademarked “Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia“. This is probably the name for a new Castlevania game for the nex-gen systems, for now all we have is this sick game logo.
Apple Applies For AppStore Icon Trademark
2008-04-01 16:48:00 On March 31 the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple’s latest figurative trademark representing their AppStore icon.iPhone or iPod touch users will be able to press this icon on their SpringBoard to launch the Apple iTunes Store from which they will be able to purchase new mobile applications. The AppStore was introduced earlier this month during Steve Jobs's iPhone Roadmap Event.This blog will tell you how to Unlock Jailbreak Activate and Hack your iPhone and iTouch firmware for FREE
Apple Applies For App Store Logo Trademark
2008-04-01 08:39:00 In a move to protect their intellectual property, Apple has filed a trademark application for the App Store icon, which was published today. The logo appears on nearly every piece of documentation pertaining to the developer's program and will be seen on every iPhone and iPod touch come June, so it's understandable that they would want to claim rights over it. read more
Apple Gets iPhone Trademark In Japan, Spanish iPhone By May?
2008-03-31 09:48:00 It appears that Apple has finally secured the trademark rights for "iPhone" in the islands of Japan. The Nagoya-based company Aiphone issued a press release recently stating that they would be allowing Apple to use the name, which is pronounced the same as "iphone" there. read more
Update: Canadian iPhone Trademark Status
2008-03-28 08:13:00 When is the iPhone coming to the Canada? We don’t know! However, if the following update on the Canadian iPhone Trademark status gives us any hints, it should be here soon. We just don’t know when! As some of you may already know, a Canadian company named Comcave owns the trademark for “iPhone” in Canada. Comcave ...
Canadian iPhone trademark status update!
2008-03-28 03:04:00 iPhoneWorld.ca: iPhone World reader Roberto sends news that the Canadian Trademarks database was just updated with new information relating to the iPhone trademark in Canada. As it’s known, currently Apple and Canadian VoIP provider Comwave are battling it out over the iPhone trademark in Canada (most likely, Comwave, a small-medium scale company operating from ...
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