TMBrandingCap.com reports that the village of Katonah (about ten miles from here) and at least one housewares business within Katonah, will take action against local resident Martha Stewart’s applications for the mark KATONAH for housewares. Background here.
I wouldn’t mind if Martha Stewart used my home town’s name as a trademark. If the product wasn’t junk, it could help property values.

AP: ‘McDonald’s Seeks To Redefine ‘McJobs‘:
“McDonald’s Corp. is reviving its campaign to ditch the dictionary definition of “McJob,” this time setting its sites on the vocabulary of Britons. The world’s largest fast food company said Tuesday it plans to launch a campaign in the U.K. this spring to get the country’s dictionary houses to change current references to the word “McJob.””
Wikipedia entry on McJob.
Information on careers at McDonalds.

TVNZ: “Thirst For Knowledge Leads To Court“:
“Two Auckland schoolgirls have taken on one of the world’s most powerful food and drug companies and won.
A school science experiment has led to GlaxoSmithKline being prosecuted for allegedly misleading consumers about the vitamin c content of Ribena.”

News.com: “Starz Sues Disney Over Movie Downloads”:
“Liberty Media Holding’s Starz Entertainment cable network said on Thursday it is suing a unit of Walt Disney for allowing other movie download services to sell titles while they were exclusively licensed to Starz.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, was brought by Starz against Disney’s Buena Vista Television, which this year signed deals to sell movies on Apple’s iTunes online store and Wal-Mart Stores’ new movie download site.”
HT BNA Internet Law News.

Hollywood Reporter: “Music Publishers Sue XM Over Digital Copying”:
“The suit, filed in federal court in New York by the National Music Publishers Assn., alleges that XM engages in massive copyright infringement through its subscription digital music download service known as XM + MP3.
According to the NMPA, the suit was filed after months of discussions between NMPA and XM regarding the satellite radio company’s obligation to compensate creators fairly for the songs it distributes.”
HT BNA Reporter

News.com: “Viacom Sued Over Colbert Parody on YouTube”:
“Viacom is misusing U.S. copyright law by forcing YouTube to remove a parody video of The Colbert Report, according to a lawsuit filed against the media conglomerate Thursday. However, Viacom denies the accusation and said it does not object to the video being on YouTube.”