Open Source Media protests Pajamas Media use of OPEN SOURCE MEDIA. Coverage here and here.
2005
ZERO TOLERANCE For Infringing Gaming Trademark
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Likelihood of Confusion
MEGA BLOKS v. LEGO BLOCKS
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Uncategorized
MEGA BLOKS wins a round against LEGO in Canada.
UPDATE; Text of Mega Blok v. Lego decision, hat tip Andrea.
STARBUCKS in Russia
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Famous Marks
Starbucks has gained the upper hand in its travails in using the STARBUCKS mark in Russia, via Forbes.
Sony Recalls CDs Due To DRM Problem
By Marty Schwimmer on
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
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Domain Names
So I am told.
Vietnamese Trademarks Not Protected Abroad
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in International
Jesus Juice
By Marty Schwimmer on
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
By Marty Schwimmer on
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
By Marty Schwimmer on
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…