Microsoft sued over Bing trademark
Source: Guardian Unlimited
A small design company in America has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that it is unfairly using the Bing name for its search engine.
Pirate Bay Ship Hijackers Let Logo Hostage Go
Source: torrentfreak.com
After discovering the Pirate Bay logo hadn't been registered with the patent office, a Swedish company took the opportunity to claim it as their own in order to commercially exploit it.
Judge OKs Challenge to Patents on Human Genes
Source: Wired News
A federal judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit can move forward against the Patent and Trademark Office and the research company that was awarded exclusive rights to human genes known to detect early signs of breast and ovarian cancer. More Articles
Maltesers ruling leaves Mars cold
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A trademark ruling that a Malteser cannot be mistaken for any other chocolate ball "sends a shiver down the spines" of the owners of big brands, an appeal hearing has been told.
Sticky trail of Vegemite spreads to Hong Kong
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
KRAFT has again denied the iSnack 2.0 launch was a marketing stunt. And it has emerged that the food giant applied to trademark names for its new Vegemite-cream cheese blend more than two weeks before the closing date of a national competiton to name the spread.
McCurry wins row with McDonald's
Source: BBC News
The American fast-food giant McDonald's has lost an eight-year legal battle to prevent a Malaysian restaurant calling itself McCurry.
Twitter's bid to trademark 'tweet' fails
Source: Guardian Unlimited
The word "tweet" may have entered the international lexicon thanks to an explosion in 140-word microblogging messages, but an attempt by Twitter's founders to trademark it has been rejected.
Agency Mulls Curbs on Cybersquatters
Source: newsfactor.com
Trademark holders have already had first dibs when new domain suffixes are created, but many companies fear that if ICANN suddenly adds 500 suffixes to the domain-name system, they'd have to register their brands in each domain.
Twitter To Trademark The Word "tweet"
Source: TechCrunch
But third-party developers can still feel free to use it as long as it's used in a reputable manner. What's less okay is using the word "Twitter" and copying the design.
Superdog vs. Superdawg
Source: Chicago Tribune
EXCERPT: It's dawg vs. dog in a wiener war in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Google sued for 'stealing' Android name
Source: The Register (UK)
Google and 47 other international corporations have been sued in a US District Court for trademark infringement over their use of the word "Android."
ShoeMoney Sues Google Employee For AdWords Violations
Source: TechCrunch
The constant hunt for valuable Google AdWords keywords is akin to Search Engine Optimization - a dark magic that can become very lucrative for those that can figure out how to best their competitors.
Apple takes MacPro to court
Source: Australian News Network
APPLE has taken action in the federal Court to challenge a decision by Australia's trademarks regulator over intellectual property rights to the term 'MacPro'.
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Cobb firm distributing Mexican Pepsi in U.S.
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PepsiCo says a metro Atlanta company is illegally distributing a Mexican version of its soda in Georgia, according to a lawsuit pending in federal court.
Russian hopes to cash in on ;-)
Source: BBC News
A series of punctuation marks used to convey a wink in text messages - known as an emoticon - has been trademarked in Russia, says a local businessman. Entrepreneur Oleg Teterin said the trademark for the ;-) emoticon was granted to him by Russia's federal patent agency.