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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]
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]
Apple and Cisco kiss and make up
News Apple and Cisco Systems have settled the trademark-infringement lawsuit over the use of the iPhone name for Apple's new multimedia phone. Cisco sued Apple for trademark infringement in January after Apple unveiled its long-awaited multimedia phone... [22 Feb 2007]
Tech giants cheer patent system overhaul
News Such a change has already earned backing from Jon Dudas, chief of the US Patent and Trademark Office. It would also curb the amount of damages for winners of infringement suits. The US patent system could be inching closer to an overhaul long... [07 Aug 2006]
More security industry consolidation
News To date CipherTrust is probably best known in the industry for its litigation rather than its technology, having fought rivals CyberTrust and IronPort over claims of trademark infringement. The continued consolidation in the security industry... [12 Jul 2006]
Apple gets Creative with patent suit
News Creative's complaints centre on a patent describing a system for organising music and songs used in its Zen MP3 player, which the US Patent and Trademark Office awarded it last August. Faced with a patent infringement suit against the iPod and iPod... [22 May 2006]
Apple wins court battle with Beatles' record label
News Today the High Court in London ruled that Apple Computer was not liable for trademark infringement because the use of the Apple logo on its iTunes Music Store was not associated with the music it was selling, and thus did not breach a previous... [08 May 2006]
Visto triumphs in Seven patent suit
News The dispute isn't over yet, as Seven plans to appeal the verdict and to continue challenging the validity of the patents in question through US Patent and Trademark Office re-examinations. Wireless email vendor Visto has prevailed in a long-running... [02 May 2006]
Google under pressure as keyword lawsuit gets the nod
News A court has ruled that a lawsuit over a company purchasing a rival's trademark as a search keyword should go to trial, in what could be the first case to scrutinise the trademark infringement liability of keyword purchasers. [30 Mar 2006]
BlackBerry quash: Final rejection for NTP patent
News The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rejection of one of the five patents at issue in NTP's long-running case against BlackBerry maker RIM. NTP, a patent-holding company, successfully sued RIM for patent infringement and... [23 Feb 2006]
Free speech at risk online, says study
News A similar "chilling effect", the report said, is taking shape through so-called takedown notices, a tactic in which copyright and trademark owners send letters to ISPs pressuring them to remove sites the owners determined to be infringing. [06 Dec 2005]
BlackBerry maker again facing US freeze
News US District Judge James Spencer denied RIM's request to halt the proceedings until the US Patent and Trademark Office re-examines whether the patents are valid. Final rulings from the US Patent and Trademark Office on re-examinations of eight NTP... [01 Dec 2005]
eBay's "Buy It Now" Supreme Court boost
News In addition, the US Patent and Trademark Office is currently re-evaluating the validity of the MercExchange patents related to the case. The US Supreme Court will review a patent infringement case against eBay, granting the online auctioneer's... [29 Nov 2005]
RIM patent appeal rebuffed by high court
News Spencer will also consider the tentative $450m licensing settlement struck between RIM and NTP in March 2005, which was abandoned in June after the US Patent and Trademark Office began rereviewing NTP's patents relating to radio frequency wireless... [27 Oct 2005]
Pirate hit with $1m fine for software giants
News Chen pled guilty to one count of trademark infringement and agreed to pay Symantec $1,005,000 in restitution, the Cupertino, California, software maker said. An admitted counterfeiter has agreed to pay Microsoft and Symantec $1.1m in restitution, a... [29 Sep 2005]
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