trademarks in news
Private browsing to arrive in Internet Explorer?
News And an istartedsomething blog surfaced two Microsoft trademarks that appear related: Cleartracks and Inprivate. Both trademarks are involved with web browsers, according to the applications with a 30... [21 Aug 2008]
Steve Jobs and Beatles make trademark peace
News Under the terms of the agreement Apple Inc (formerly Apple Computer) will own all trademarks and logos related to the name "Apple" and will license them accordingly to the Apple Corps music company. In a statement, Apple... [05 Feb 2007]
Open source alliance forged over Linux standards
News Zemlin hopes the group's collective influence will be a better match for Microsoft when it comes to managing trademarks, standardising software interfaces, providing programmers with protection from intellectual property... [22 Jan 2007]
eBay pirates cough up $100,000 in ill-gotten gains
News Kevin Liu and GT Tian admitted in a California court to infringing copyright and trademarks of Norton pcAnywhere, Norton SystemWorks 2005 Premier, and Norton Ghost. Two eBay traders have admitted to selling unauthorised... [27 Nov 2006]
Apple gets lawyers in over podcast furore
News According to one podcast management company, Podcast Ready, Apple has been claiming the use of the term infringes its trademarks. Apple has launched another legal crusade against those who are using the word 'pod'... [26 Sep 2006]
Asian firms 'starting to see the value of IP'
News Weerawit added that Asian companies "know the value of trademarks and blockbusters, and that's why they choose the easy way out - copying". Intellectual property - or IP - is valued by Asian companies, albeit in wrong... [22 Aug 2006]
Apple gets lawyers in over 'pod' companies
News It's not the first time Jobs and co have come over all precious regarding their trademarks. Following Google's insistence that media outlets shouldn't be using the term 'Googling', Apple has become similarly protective... [15 Aug 2006]
Dot-eu 'warehousing' scandal strikes US registrars
News Domains with a dot-eu extension became generally available earlier this year, following a "sunrise period" where European companies and organisations got first option on their names and trademarks. EURid, the... [25 Jul 2006]
Dot-mobi opens doors to industry registrations
News The first sunrise period, which begins on 22 May, will allow holders of trademarks related to the mobile industry to stake their claim. After the recent scramble for the newly released dot-eu domain names, the latest top... [19 May 2006]
Motorola cuts off Razr copycat
News KBT, which sold the Razr-alikes in Asia, has agreed to stop manufacturing the devices after Motorola filed a lawsuit against the company alleging infringement of trademarks, designs and patents. Motorola has won a court... [11 May 2006]
Google under pressure as keyword lawsuit gets the nod
News Eric Goldman, assistant professor of law at Marquette University Law School, wrote on his blog on Wednesday: "This case offers the first solid data point [in the US] that buying competitors' trademarks as keywords.could... [30 Mar 2006]
UK companies told to embrace .eu domains
News Currently pre-registration is going through two 'sunrise' periods when registered trademarks can ensure they get their domains on board. Relations between the EU and the UK have at times been strained but that should be... [22 Feb 2006]
GPLv3 gets public airing
News Stallman fielded several detailed legal questions from open source contributors on several topics, including licence compatibility; the patent retaliation clause; trademarks; and issues that arise when GPL software links... [18 Jan 2006]
New online tools will slash £290m in red-tape
News A new web-based application form for trademarks will reduce administrative time and costs. More use of electronic filing, registration and search systems at agencies including Companies House and the Patent Office could... [30 Nov 2005]
easyMobile: Help us poke fun at Orange
News The pair are currently at loggerheads over easyMobile's use of the colour orange in advertising - Orange says easyMobile is infringing its trademarks, easyMobile says companies in the easyGroup have always used orange... [15 Nov 2005]
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