IPNews® – The city of Nashville is having to make a last-minute change to the centerpiece of its New Years Eve festivities. For the last two years, the Music City had a large, glowing Gibson guitar dropping over Lower Broadway to ring in the New Year.
Now, because the Hard Rock Café, which owns the trademark
IPNews® – The European Commission has opened an investigation against Honeywell and Dupont as to whether they were forthcoming in disclosing patents while developing automobile refrigerant. Honeywell has been accused of not disclosing patents to the Society of Automobile Engineers and failing to grant licenses on fair and reasonable terms.
It is alleged that Honeywell committed a patent ambush which
IPNews® – On December 13, 2011 Google was granted U.S. Patent Number 8,078,349 which provides for a transition from a human driver to an autonomous, self-driving car. Google believes that the self-driving car will reduce traffic accidents by half, while also increasing fuel efficiency. In other words, the cars will drive themselves better and more safely
Orange County – Two original members of R&B band Blackstreet have sued two former members for trademark and copyright infringement for using Blackstreet songs without authorization and for confusing consumers into believing that the entire band would be performing at concerts.
The band’s most famous song, “No Diggity”, became a number one hit in 1996.
Orange County – Bo Muller-Moore, a Vermont entrepreneur, is being sued for trademark infringement by Chick- Fil-A due to his use of the slogan “Eat More Kale”. The fast food chain is claiming that the slogan is too similar to its “Eat mor chikin” trademarked phrase and that it also dilutes the distinctiveness of Chick-Fil-A’s trademark.
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