WIPRO v. WIPRO in Germany, via India Times.com.

NJQ & Associates writes to advise that it has successfully represented the Italian food company LOACKER in a cancellation of an application for JACKER in Saudi Arabia.

Tony Hawk faces lawsuit of his use of BOOM BOOM HUCK JAM, filed by North Shore Militia, owner of the registered trademark HUCK DOLL.

The Apple Insider notes that Apple has filed a trademark application for NUMBERS and speculates that it is coming out with a spreadsheet program.

Discussion of  international trademark protection for the FIREFOX applications on Slashdot.  As an aside, Mozilla, distributor of the FIREFOX applications, will receive a U.S. registration for FIREFOX shortly.

A political action committee concerned with intellectual property issues named IPAC has been formed.

Patients who were filmed as part of a reality show taking place in a hospital, have been certified as a class to bring a right of privacy suit against the producers of the TV show.  Via NY Lawyer.

My son told me that SpongeBob had been cancelled because a child had drowned on a family boat trip when he leapt overboard because he thought he saw SpongeBob.  Furthermore, this had to be true, because Armand, Max, Matt B., Jake S., Matt W. and Jake N. had all heard this.

So we Googled ‘SpongeBob…