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Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment The necessity to maintain a well-defended portfolio of trademarks and intellectual property remains but recent developments have certainly moved the goal-posts. Protection - understanding the nuances of trademarks is key to policing against... [16 Jul 2008]
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 threats and handling... [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. The lawsuit was brought against the pair by the Software & Information Industry... [27 Nov 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 and varying ways. [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. Sarah Wright, intellectual property solicitor at law firm Olswang, said Apple's decision to send a letter to Mach5Products is not unusual and they may not... [15 Aug 2006]
Linux trademark attempt fails
News The regulator also rejected the application on the basis that "Linux" is similar to existing trademarks owned locally - for example, 'LinuxWorld' is owned by publisher IDG - and that consumers could subsequently be led to believe that services... [19 Sep 2005]
Linux founder defends trademark action
News Florian Mueller, who campaigned against the EU software patents directive and was recently hailed as one of the most important people in intellectual property, said on Monday trademarks and copyright are different to software patents. [22 Aug 2005]
Firefox branding is a burning issue
News The original statement detailing the Mozilla Foundation's creation in 2003 says Netscape-owner AOL would contribute "trademarks and related intellectual property" to the birth. Although it maintains a policy - which was recently criticised by many... [16 Jun 2005]
Software and hardware piracy a $90m business
News Glen Gieschen, managing director of Gieschen Consulting, said in a statement that 32 per cent of the counterfeit incidents last month involved some form of intellectual property such as brands, trademarks or patents. [18 Jan 2005]
Ask the Lawyer: Submit your questions now
News All legal questions are welcome but the following are areas of particular expertise: intellectual property, trademarks, copyright and patents online content, branding and liability mergers, acquisitions, IPOs and other corporate transactions... [07 Jan 2005]
DRM investor could swing EU Microsoft enquiry
News Thomson owns trademarks such as RCA and Technicolor and provides media companies with technologies and services. Thomson, which has had a long-time relationship with Time Warner, is expected to bring its experience in intellectual property... [23 Nov 2004]
UK detective agency hits back at Intel 'passing off' claims
News However, 7intel has accused Intel of "a thinly veiled attempt to bully them into handing over their legally owned collateral, websites and trademarks". Unlike other intellectual property, trademark law requires a company like Intel to take... [26 Jul 2004]
SCO suits see victory…
News The APA specifically excluded all copyrights from transfer but the amendment then added into the transfer "the copyrights and trademarks owned by Novell.required for [the Santa Cruz Operation] to exercise its rights with respect to the acquisition... [14 Jun 2004]
Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure
White Paper The Report, written by the IITF Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights chaired by Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Bruce A. Brown, Chairman of the White House Information Infrastructure Task Force... [20 Apr 2004]
Will's Web Watch: Stop thief!
Comment In the same way criminals rip off trademarks and famous brands - from clothes to music and movies to works of art - so these criminals are ripping off others hard work. One thing that can turn up, however, is the increasingly common issue of... [15 Mar 2004]
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