2002

There is a long and tortuous history concerning the trademark for HAVANA CLUB rum.  There was a pre-Castro HAVANA CLUB rum and there is a present day Cuban HAVANA CLUB rum.

Bacardi (successor in interest to the pre-Castro rum) was influential in getting the U.S. to adopt legislation to ban importation of the Cuban version

INTA is informing its members that the United States Senate passed the advice and consent resolution for the Madrid Protocol, an International treaty allowing for easier filing of trademark applications in multiple jurisdictions.  The next step for the Protocol is the promulgation of rules by the USPTO.   In addition, the U.S. must deposit its

A reader forwarded me this item on Quaker Steak & Lube Restaurant.  The author must have had motor oil on the mind because the article contains the seemingly unprovoked quote:

“Quaker Steak & Lube says it doesn’t have problems with trademark infringement with the Pennzoil-Quaker State Co., manufacturer of Quaker State oil and parent company

SCION is a new brand from Toyota, to be rolled out in June 2003.  It means offspring (or a shoot from a plant).  BusinessWeek published the name in March when someone spotted the trademark application (once again showing the value of trademark databases).  Register.com appears to have handled the domain name registrations for Toyota, and