Starbucks has gained the upper hand in its travails in using the STARBUCKS mark in Russia, via Forbes.
November 2005
Sony Recalls CDs Due To DRM Problem
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Posted in Copyright
Copyfight has exhaustive coverage.
Reading of this incident and thinking of Prof. Lessig’s theory of ‘code is law‘, all I can say is that there are still a few bugs in the system.
.EU Sunrise Begins December 7
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Posted in Domain Names
So I am told.
Vietnamese Trademarks Not Protected Abroad
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Posted in International
Jesus Juice
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Posted in Miscellany
Just when you thought that the outrages from the Jackson trial were part of the past, there’s more.
Bloomberg v. PengBo
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Posted in International
Bloomberg LP apparently uses the trademark PENGBO in China. It has sued two Chinese companies for using that mark. The article doesn’t explain why Bloomberg uses that trademark.
This may be completely missing the issue in this case, but some Western companies use neither a translation nor a transliteration (characters that produce the phonetic equivalent…
Blackberry Asserts Berry Family
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Posted in Likelihood of Confusion
Research in Motion, vendor of the Blackberry (known by some as Crackberry), has sued a vendor of a -BERRY line of personal organizers. Via Bloomberg.
One time, a long-time friend, whom I hadn’t seen for years, visited me at home. He couldn’t turn his Blackberry off. Every five minutes the thing vibrated the table…
‘An All-Too-Familiar Tale of Competitive Zeal and Overreaction”
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Posted in Search Engines
Rendered no less sordid for its oft-retelling. Prof Eric Goldman on the Office Depot v. Staple VIKING keyword case.
South Korean Court Affirms UDRDP Decision From 2000
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Posted in Domain Names
News Site Settles Domain Name Dispute
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Posted in Domain Names
Press Release re settlement re use of ACOMPLIAREPORT.COM between news site and owner of ACOMPLIA trademark. Settlement contains provisions relating to mitigation of confusion.