Clearwater-based PODS moving and storage on Thursday was awarded $62 million in damages in a lawsuit against U-Haul over its use of the word “pods.” The ruling marked a win over “genericide” — the death of a trademarked word. PODS remains a legally protected trademark…
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The National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will receive a top national award for the year’s most outstanding intellectual property licensing deal, for technology transfer of a pioneering, low-cost meningitis vaccine launched in sub-Saharan Africa. The 2014 Deals of Distinction…
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By ARNOLD M. KNIGHTLY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL With the medical marijuana industry in Nevada on the horizon, gaming giant MGM Resorts International is going to court against a pot company for trademark infringement. MGM has filed a federal trademark lawsuit against M Life Inc., a…
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ARM CEO Simon Segars has defended the company’s stance on smartphone graphics technology linked to a patent suit brought forward by chip maker Nvidia. On Monday, the chief executive defended the firm’s intellectual property, involved in a looming patent suit brought forward by Nvidia against…
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Siemens Energy’s office in Orlando is fighting trademark infringement allegations from a German company over technology that protects wind energy turbines during high winds. Siemens has been fighting a subpoena for documents related to Siemens’ so-called high wind ride-through technology. Germany-based Wobbens Properties alleges that…
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Elswhere on Etsy, and just in time for Halloween, the crafty site’s shoppers might stumble across “ZOMBIES, eat flesh” apparel, a play on popular sandwich franchise Subway’s slogan: “SUBWAY, eat fresh.” The seller is event mimicking Subway’s trademarked design with outward arrows, font and colors. It seems…
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America’s sweetheart and her besties at American Greetings are battling it out in the courtroom with California-based Blue Sphere Inc. over trademark infringement and unfair competition for use of the name “Lucky 13,” which AG used for a Swiftian sweepstakes promotion. Blue Sphere owns a company called…
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Bottles upon bottles of fish sauce were slapped with blue evidence stickers and arrayed before the jury. Inside each was a pungent, amber elixir that is to Vietnamese cuisine what olive oil is to Italian cooking, with a smell that has been likened to armpits,…
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CALIFORNIA – Google Inc kembali digugat atas trailer film berjudul “Innocence of Muslims” yang mengejek Nabi Muhammad dan menimbulkan kerusuhan pada tahun 2012. Hal ini dilakukan enam bulan setelah pengadilan banding AS memutuskan agar trailer film ini segera ditarik dari Youtube. Gaylord Flynn sang aktor…
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PARIS. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA siap melepas kepemilikan US$ 7,5 miliar saham di Hermes International SCA. Keputusan pengadilan di Prancis ini mengakhiri Handbag War antara dua produsen fesyen mewah yang sudah berjalan empat tahun terakhir. LVMH yang dikuasai oleh orang terkaya di Prancis,…
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