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M.T.M. Increases Efficiency to Support Global Business Growth
White Paper M.T.M.an Italian company that owns the BRC Gas Equipment trademark, was established in 1977 and has grown to become one of the top manufacturers of alternative fuel systems for motor vehicles. M.T.M.wanted to increase efficiency company-wide and... [30 Apr 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News asserted that the OpenSocial Foundation will be a standalone body, to the point that Google will relinquish its trademark on "OpenSocial" and the ownership of the website. and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial... [26 Mar 2008]
Grocer Addresses PCI Requirements and Simplifies Network Management
Founded in Charleston, South Carolina in 1947 as a Piggly Wiggly franchise operation, the Piggly Wiggly Carolina Company revolutionized grocery shopping in South Carolina and Georgia, bringing the company's trademark checkout stands, national... [03 Dec 2007]
Grocer Addresses PCI Requirements and Simplifies Network Management
White Paper Founded in Charleston, South Carolina in 1947 as a Piggly Wiggly franchise operation, the Piggly Wiggly Carolina Company revolutionized grocery shopping in South Carolina and Georgia, bringing the company's trademark checkout stands, national... [02 Dec 2007]
Korea Institute of Patent Information Achieves Real-Time Data Sharing With Web Services
White Paper The agency selected a range of Oracle SOA Suite applications to integrate the main KIPO database to its trademark database, ensuring information can be updated regularly from a variety of sources. The Korea Institute of Patent Information (KIPI... [14 Sep 2007]
Open source gets own legal pow wows
News The Linux Foundation, custodian of the Linux trademark, has announced two summits to deal with legal issues surrounding Linux and open-source software. Attendance at the first summit will be restricted to members of the Linux Foundation and their... [13 Sep 2007]
Photos: Apple unveils new iPods
Photo In trademark black turtleneck, jeans and trainers Jobs built up to the big announcement gradually first unveiling a new feature allowing customers to create their own ringtones from songs in the iTunes Store for 99 cents before moving onto the... [06 Sep 2007]
Mike Bell
CIO Profile Mike Bell's trademark is turning around poorly performing IT departments and at the end of last year Somerfield signed a landmark outsourcing deal with Indian company Tata Consultancy Services that marked the culmination of an overhaul of the... [06 Jun 2007]
Legal risks in naming wi-fi networks
News Hurst added that the simple act of naming a public wi-fi network - a decision often not given much thought - could potentially open up the network owner to other complaints, such as 'passing off' and trademark infringement, depending on the wording. [04 Jun 2007]
Has the Supreme Court killed off patent trolls?
News Critics have argued that in practice, written evidence is required to pass that test, which has made it harder to overturn allegedly obvious patents and rendered it easier to obtain them from the US Patent and Trademark Office in the first place. [01 May 2007]
Google has a Froogle rethink
News While it was a cute and clever name, it had issues around copyright and trademark, as well as internationalisation… The pun (to be 'frugal') isn't obvious. Google is rebranding "Froogle" as "Google Product Search" and simplifying the interface to... [19 Apr 2007]
Avaya Case Study: Banner & Witcoff
White Paper The law firm of Banner & Witcoff specializes in intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, computer, franchise and unfair competition law. The firm wanted attorneys to retain their telephone numbers and... [12 Apr 2007]
Euro domain racks up 2.5 million fans
News Until 7 April last year, only trademark holders, public bodies and certain companies with prior rights could use the dot-eu domain. More than 2.5 million people and organisations have registered European Union domain names since dot-eu was opened... [11 Apr 2007]
Stories of the month - February 2007
News And by iPhone, we mean Apple's iPhone, rather than Cisco's - the pair settled their trademark spat by agreeing to share the brand. The big names of the tech world dominated February's stories - with Apple, Google and Microsoft all featuring heavily... [28 Feb 2007]
Microsoft runs into Live trademark spat
News A company called Office Live has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Microsoft over the software giant's use of "Office Live" for its on-demand productivity tools. Office Live, based in the Los Angeles area, registered the "Office Live... [26 Feb 2007]
