LEVITRA is the name of a new drug used to treat sexual dysfunction. It will compete with VIAGRA (see here). It has been approved for and is expected to be approved for use in the U.S. soon. Its manufacturer owns a U.S. registration under Section 44 (ownership of a foreign registration) but would likely
Salt Lake Tribune article on link how sales of counterfeit goods funds terrorism. Something similar from IPKAT recently.
INTA will be holding its annual Trademarks in Cyberspace Forum on September 22-23 in Washington D.C. I will be participating in a panel entitled: Brands as Navigational Tools. The program is here. Verizon’s attorney and RIAA’s attorney have agreed to a steel cage death match. Refreshments will be served.
Interesting tidbit from ICANNWatch about a domain name/trademark dipsute between the New York Stock Exchange and Afilias, the .info registry. The author of the piece, who is involved in litigation with Afilias, posted a study here suggesting that approximately two thirds of the applications filed under Afiias’ sunrise program for .INFO were fraudulent.
Again, too many good items on IPKAT to point to just one.
Complainant, which does business as Stickopotamus, alleged it owned federal registrations for STICKOPOTAMUS. A competitor in the sticker business obtained STICKOPOTAMUS.COM. Are you leaning toward any party yet? Complainant lost. It didn’t document its claims that it owned trademark registrations. Decision via UDRPlaw.net.
That which goes without saying sometimes goes without proving.
A group of ICANN registrars have banded together to oppose Verisign’s proposed Wait Listing Service, a provess for selling places in line to wait for domain names to expire. Thus Verisign could obtain revenue from lots and lots of people off the same name. The StopWLS group moved today for a temporary restraining order against
The Registry Pro Sunrise period has been extended to Friday. The registry goes live July 31.
Mega Bloks has prevailed over Lego in the Federal Court of Appeal in Canada in a matter regarding the look and feel of the studs and its interlocking toy blocks. Coverage here. The decision should be available here at some point. Discussion of the lower court decision is here.
The Mega/Lego dispute has