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Eastland Music v. Lionsgate: Can a movie title infringe the name of music group?
Eastland Music Group owns the registered trademark Phifty-50, the name of a rap duo. Eastland also claims a trademark in 50/50. Lionsgate released a dark comedy in 2011 titled 50/50 starring Seth Rogen and
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Trademark Wars: Better Know an App Store -Part 4, Apple vs. Amazon
This is the fourth in a multi-part series. If you have not read Part 1, Part 2 or Part 3 yet, you may want to read those parts of the Apple App Store trademark
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Trademark Wars: Better Know an App Store -Part 3, Apple vs. Microsoft
This is the third in a multi-part series. If you have not read Part 1 or Part 2 yet, you may want to read those parts of the Apple App Store trademark saga first.
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Trademark Wars: Better Know an App Store -Part 2, Apple vs. the USPTO
This is the second in a multi-part series. If you have not read Part 1 yet, you may want to read that part of the Apple App Store trademark saga first. – – –
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Trademark Wars: Better Know an App Store -Part 1, Apple vs. Salesforce.com
This is the first in a multi-part series. As has been widely reported, Apple is claiming the exclusive right to use the term APP STORE for an online store which sells apps. Apple recently
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