IPNews® – The world’s big four tobacco companies including Phillip Morris are attempting to protect their trademarks in Australia due to new legislation there that will greatly limit trademark use on cigarette packaging.
The new law will require that all tobacco products be sold in mostly unbranded packaging, without any logos, and include warnings about
IPNews® – In a $550 million agreement, Facebook has purchased the rights to 650 patents that Microsoft recently acquired from the flailing America Online (AOL).
Although Facebook becomes the owner of the patents, Microsoft will retain a license to the patents as well, allowing Microsoft the ability to use the technology in the future. The
IPNews® – Apple Computer is being sued for patent infringement over its touch technology.
Attorneys for FlatWorld Interactives, a Pennsylvania company that designs touchscreen systems used in museum displays, claim that Apple knowingly infringed on FlatWorld’s patent. The company is seeking injunctive relief from the alleged infringement as well as unspecified monetary damages. To continue
IPNews® – The singing/rap duo LMFAO has recently filed four new trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in which its reveals what the acronym of its name stands for.
The band’s original applications for LMFAO in 2008 were refused by an examining attorney claiming that the trademark concerns “immoral, deceptive, or scandalous
IPNews® – In response to being sued by Apple for patent infringement related to its Galaxy tablet, this week Samsung Electronics filed a counterclaim against Apple in the Northern District of California alleging that Apple is infringing on eight of its own patents.
The two sparring tablet companies are involved in separate patent litigation matters
IPNews® – The Department of Commerce has released a report which details just how important a role intellectual property has played in the U.S. economy.
The report also states that patent infringement, trademark infringement and copyright infringement in China alone costs the U.S. economy $50 billion per year and jeopardizes 2.1 million jobs. To continue
IPNews® – A California business owner has filed a trademark application for “I Believe You Zimmerman,” in regard to George Zimmerman, the man who shot to death Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
Lawrence Sekara of San Francisco said he plans to use the trademark on merchandise such as beer mugs, bumper stickers, and apparel and claims
IPNews® – Mobile phone-maker Nokia has filed a patent application with the USPTO for a vibrating tattoo that could communicate with your cellular phone.
The magnetic tattoo would be a receiver to magnetic waves being transmitted by the cellular phone, notifying the tattoo wearer whenever a call, text, or email alert was coming through. According to
IPNews® – Justin.tv, the online video streaming service that airs broadcasts of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, scored a partcial victory on summary judgment in a trademark and copyright case it has been battling.
The lawsuit, filed by Zuffa LLC, contends that Justin.tv is guilty of trademark infringement in addition to copyright infringement because items such