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Chinese media outlets have confirmed that the Proview iPad trademark infringement verdict has prompted some local Administrations of Industry and Commerce (AIC) to confiscate Apple iPads found on sale at several retailers. Apple has lost a lawsuit challenging Proview's claims on the iPad trademark. The latter i... |
13 February 2012
04:24 GMT |
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Two of the new handsets that the South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is set to make available this year could arrive on shelves as the Samsung Joy and Samsung Fresh.
The names have just popped up at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO), both of them being registered there on January 13th, 2012 ... |
19 January 2012
14:51 GMT |
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One of the handsets that Sony Ericsson might soon bring to the market in the United States would be Xperia ION, since the company has just filed trademark for the name.
The filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office shows that this device will be a mobile phone, though it does not offer specific inf... |
27 December 2011
15:21 GMT |
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After accusing Shenzhen, China-based Proview Technology of infringing on its iPad trademark, Apple saw its lawsuit rejected by a Chinese court which ruled that Proview had lawfully registered the "iPad" name as far back as the year 2000.The court learned from Proview that its Taiwan unit had sold the ‘global&rs... |
7 December 2011
07:17 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just announced that its next generation mobile platform for smartphones is expected to arrive on devices under the name of BlackBerry 10, and not BBX, as announced a few months ago.
The reason for that is very simple: the company has just lost the legal battle for... |
7 December 2011
02:17 GMT |
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Following the impressive success that Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy S II already registered all around the world, Samsung is preparing for the launch of a new handset in the series, one that would be called ‘Galaxy Sleek.’
The South Korean mobile phone maker has already filed for trademarking the “G... |
29 November 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Blizzard, after just showcasing the first big details of its special Blizzard DOTA title, has once again shared its views on the whole trademark issue surrounding the DOTA name, as Valve is currently trying to secure it before releasing Dota 2 next year.DOTA, or Defense of the Ancients, originated as a community mod ... |
25 October 2011
04:45 GMT |
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts has filed two trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office linked to one of the best strategy games of the last twenty years, Alpha Centauri, suggesting that the company might be ready to create another title using the same concepts and mechanics.The first of the ... |
11 August 2011
17:11 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is gearing up for the release of a new range of handsets and mobile devices for the second half of 2011, and the company has already confirmed plans to make the move. While making the announcement regarding its financial results for the second quarter of the ongoing year,... |
29 July 2011
11:00 GMT |
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Apple is not the owner of the Thunderbolt trademark, Intel is, according to the latter’s communications manager, Dave Salvator, who provided an official statement on the matter.
Although Patently Apple did discover that Apple had filed for the Thunderbolt brand name trademark, it’s still Intel’s ... |
20 May 2011
08:39 GMT |
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On Thursday, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has announced the joining of a group of telecoms companies in their fight against Apple's App Store trademark.For those out of the loop, we should note that the Cupertino, United States-based Apple has been working on trademarking 'App Store' and �... |
13 May 2011
17:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is trying to prevent Apple from obtaining a trademark for the “App Store” name, as it is too generic and would affect anyone looking to create and advertise one, documents unearthed by the Seattle-based TechFlashPodcast.The site reported on Microsoft's filing on Tuesday, providing a link to... |
12 January 2011
10:14 GMT |
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Mountain View-based software giant Google has won a legal battle over the Android trademark, the name of the increasingly popular mobile operating system the company launched on shelves about two years ago.The Android trademark suit was filed back in April 2009, and a judge granted Google’s Motion for Summary ... |
22 December 2010
08:16 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is reportedly getting ready for the release of some new smartphones, including a HTC Inspire, as the company has filed a trademark application filed with the USPTO recently.In all fairness, nothing is known specifically on what the handset would be all about, but it might... |
6 December 2010
13:41 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation might soon bring to the market some new handsets that would run under Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system, including one that would sport the name of HTC 7 Melody, it seems. The handset vendor reportedly filed a series of applications with the US Patent ... |
1 December 2010
14:31 GMT |
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Twitter has updated its official logo and guidelines for developers, bloggers and anyone else using Twitter graphics or terminology. While this mostly applies to those using Twitter resources in commercial applications, the site has a few dos and don'ts even for those just wanting to add a "Follow me on Twitter"... |
30 October 2010
05:22 GMT |
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Apple has been awarded a trademark for its memorable catchphrase “there’s an app for that”, which refers to the usability of the iPhone and iPod touch through hundreds of thousands of applications available in the iTunes App Store. The company has also filed for a Game Center trademark in China, sou... |
12 October 2010
06:11 GMT |
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Apple has not one, but four iAd trademark applications filed with the US Patent & Trademark Office which published Apple's latest trademark application for "iAd" under applications 85139086, 85139109, 85139119 and 85139138, reports Patently Apple.The US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's said trade... |
1 October 2010
13:31 GMT |
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The US Patent & Trademark Office has published Apple's latest trademark application for the "Briefing Room" under application 85133045, according to PatentlyApple.Filed under two yet identified International Classes covering retail services and technical consulting, Apple’s trademark comes with a supplied ... |
27 September 2010
05:46 GMT |
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Kristin Carvell, of the Cisco Corporate Communications team, has revealed in a blog post that the American corporation handling networking and communications technology and services has agreed to license the iOS trademark to Apple. The move comes amid rumors of Apple implementing the iPhone OS into new platforms, suc... |
9 June 2010
10:19 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has filed three new trademarks with the United States Trademark and Patent Office linked to a new property called Darkspore. The filling is linked to home console videogames, handheld titles and MMOs but also applies to movies, action figures, playing cards and other audio visual creations. The docume... |
11 May 2010
13:31 GMT |
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About a year or so ago, a report emerged saying Nadya Suleman had just filed the papers to trademark the “OctoMom” moniker, the same one she said she hated to hear people call her. She hit a brick wall though when she learned someone else had been one step ahead of her – a company that aims to come ... |
3 March 2010
05:00 GMT |
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Fujitsu has stepped forward revealing that Apple’s iPad may infringe on its rights, as it was the first to apply for the iPad trademark over seven years ago. According to various reports, Apple also applied for the name, but hasn’t actually regained complete ownership of the trademark, we are left to unde... |
29 January 2010
03:21 GMT |
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When it rains, it pours, and when a possible Google phone surfaces, rumors keep on coming. This time around, the said handset, which is expected to land on the market as the HTC Nexus One, emerged in a new video that shows it booting up, its name is said to have been trademarked by Google, and some alleged hardware ... |
16 December 2009
04:57 GMT |
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The Pirate Bay may not be the world's largest BitTorrent site, but it's definitely the best known. So much so that even people who never visited the site itself are familiar with its logo. But, in keeping with their anti-IP stance, the logo wasn't copyrighted or trademark by the owners, something that ... |
18 November 2009
11:31 GMT |
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This week, the US Patent and Trademark Offices awarded Man & Machine with the rights to the name “Mighty Mouse” as a “computer mouse” or “cursor control device,” an Engadget report reveals. Apple, as some of you might know, was not the first to call its point-and-click device Might... |
8 October 2009
05:35 GMT |
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Sony has been a busy company these days. It is getting ready for the date when the PlayStation Portable Go arrives on the market, eager to do battle with the new Nintendo DSi handheld, which has taken a wide lead in hardware sales in both North America and Japan.There are rumors that a new version of the PlayStation ... |
10 August 2009
04:00 GMT |
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Redmond-based software company Microsoft has reportedly acquired a new domain that should offer its customers the possibility to access some of its products much easier. The domain in question, Office.com, was previously owned by ContactOffice Group, a company from Europe specializing in virtual office solutions and ... |
6 August 2009
11:28 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is reportedly preparing the release of at least five new handsets, as the company has trademarked their names with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The upcoming five phones should come to the market as HTC Vigor, HTC Dawn, HTC Interlude, HTC Imagio and HTC Ta... |
27 July 2009
10:05 GMT |
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Only yesterday we learned that Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia was on its way to come to the market with a new family of devices, the Cseries, and now more news reports on the company's lineup are surfacing, pointing towards a possible Xseries as well. The new family of devices was discovered on The Office of H... |
20 July 2009
03:34 GMT |
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Big video game companies often have a lot of secret projects under development, which they want to announce when the time is right or when they actually have something to show. One such company is Blizzard, the creator of famous franchises like StarCraft or Warcraft. It currently has in development a lot of unannounc... |
8 July 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Nadya Suleman, mother of 14, including the first surviving octuplets ever, is certainly not the most loved overnight celebrity, it has been pointed out. Yet, that does not stop her from making the most of her time in the spotlight to make money, presumably in the interest of her children. This also includes trademark... |
16 April 2009
08:28 GMT |
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An American official announced on Monday that China lost the World Trade Organization (WTO) case in which it was fighting the United States, and that the Asian nation would be from now on forced to enact more complex laws, to ensure that copyright holders are not deprived of their income. Chinese authorities systemat... |
27 January 2009
02:35 GMT |
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Microsoft has already admitted that it has a branding issue with Live Search, and in this regard the company's answer might just be Kumo. The software giant has not confirmed anything officially, but fact is that more and more Kumo-related moves are pointing to the imminent death of Live Search as a brand. In a ... |
15 December 2008
06:45 GMT |
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Apple has filed a new application with the US Patent & Trademark Office for Grand Central, Apple's new technology used by Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) to handle multiple processing cores. Snow Leopard is the latest iteration of the Mac OS, slated for release in the first half of 2009. Thanks to the eagle-eyed f... |
11 December 2008
09:38 GMT |
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Allegedly, comparative advertising is good for consumers, competition and free speech, or at least it is according to the Google Public Policy blog. Well, that was all a bunch of hooey for the legislators in Utah, who last year passed a law that prohibited search engines from allowing trademarks to be used as keyword... |
10 March 2008
04:04 GMT |
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It might sound pretty amazing that a company such as Samsung infringes the Gmail trademark but this is what results from the picture discovered by Haochi from Googlified. As you can see in the picture attached to the article and provided by the source mentioned above, the advert promotes Samsung Q1 Ultra, a device pr... |
22 October 2007
04:25 GMT |
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Microsoft is in danger of losing its grip on Windows Vista. Well, in all fairness, the operating system's base code is a Microsoft intellectual property, but things are not so clear when it comes to the name of the company's latest Windows platform. Apparently Microsoft does not own the "Vista" name and tra... |
4 June 2007
11:48 GMT |
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The Google England office is planning to sue a Dutch company that bought several domains with the "google" term in the name. The search giant sustained that Google is a registered trademark so the Dutch company is not allowed to use the term in any of its links. Marcel van der Werf, the owner of the domains said that... |
11 May 2007
16:56 GMT |
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Microsoft has debuted an initiative designed to keep the Windows Vista rock'n'roll exclusively in the family. The Microsoft family, that is. Yes, the Windows Vista melody indeed plays on 3.02% of the world's computers at every boot, but this does not mean that users have any rights on the sound. This b... |
4 May 2007
08:04 GMT |
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