A blog about a variety of issues pertaining to trademarks written in a non-legalese way.
Oxfam, "a development, relief, and campaigning organisation that works with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world," has voiced their concerns to Starbucks ® about
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The latest news to this post was updated today with word of a settlement.
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Ok, well not really but he does want Robert Akard to stop using his name and likeness.
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Ichiro Kameda, a Japanese based businessman, has joined the ranks of those getting not-so-fun letters from Apple ®. There was quite a bit of hub-bub last year about Apple ® launching their own gPod but so far that hasn't seemed to surface in the marketplace.
However, Mr. Kameda's device is, uh, um of a sexual nature and even passed through the USPTO's research process so we'll see how successful Apple is with their latest bout.
I wonder if people are associating POD names with Apple because the brand is so well-known OR because of all the press about the company threatening legal action against the random POD's 'round the world. Hmm…
K-Fed's Having a Helluva Week
Britney Spears has filed a petition for divorce from Kevin Federline. And if that wasn't enough for the wanna-be rapper, he also "made an undisclosed cash payment" to Thomas Dolby in their copyright infringement case.
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