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Trademark Wars: Better Know an App Store -Part 2, Apple vs. the USPTO

Trademark Wars: Better Know an App Store -Part 2, Apple vs. the USPTO

mark March 29, 2011 0

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

Trademark Wars: Better Know an App Store -Part 1, Apple vs. Salesforce.com

mark March 28, 2011 0

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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EU: Google Adwords Trademark Bidding may be Trademark Infringment

EU: Google Adwords Trademark Bidding may be Trademark Infringment

mark March 24, 2011 0

The Advocate General of the European Union issued a written opinion in the Interflora Inc v. Marks & Spencer case finding that the defendant’s bidding on the keyword “interflora” through Google Adwords may amount

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Redskins tell Washington Post to Cease and Desist using Redskins Name

Redskins tell Washington Post to Cease and Desist using Redskins Name

mark March 20, 2011 0

In what must be one of the stranger cease-and-desist requests in recent memory, the Washington Redskins have reportedly demanded that its home-town newspaper the Washington Post cease and desist using the name “Redskins” as

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