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Transformers v. Transformers: Hasbro Sues Asus Over Transformer Prime Name
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Hasbro owns the Transformers brand, and they are now suing Asus over the name of its latest tablet, the Transformer Prime, which clearly has nothing to do with the franchise. Crappy movies are okay, just don’t use two words in the English dictionary that we have previously used, because we … |
December 24th, 2011
Vivid vs. Vivid: Porn Studio Vivid Not Happy About HTC Vivid Smartphone
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Adult entertainment company Vivid Entertainment is not happy with the announcement of HTC’s new smartphone, the HTC Vivid. It’s the name that they object too. Not that anyone would confuse the latest smartphone with the kind of low budget spank-o-rama adventure that they produce.… |
November 17th, 2011
Barnes & Noble Settles Patent Suit with Spring Design Over Nook
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Patent suits are a very common annoyance in the tech world. Back in 2009, Spring Design filed suit against Barnes & Noble after B&N trotted out the Nook eReader with a similar dual-screen design. The Nook sells very well for B&N so they were fighting the suit with all they… |
March 3rd, 2011
National Pork Board Threatens World Supply of Unicorn Meat
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We all know the slogan for pork – The Other White Meat…. Apparently, the legal firm retained by the National Pork Board, Faegre & Benson, has zero sense of humor and taken offense to a fake product ThinkGeek has on their website. |
June 23rd, 2010
Google Executives Convicted of Privacy Violations in Italy
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The Observer reports that today, in Italy, 3 Google executives were convicted of privacy violations and charged with three to six months of suspended sentence. The case revolved around a video that was uploaded on YouTube in 2006, shortly after Google acquired the service. The video showed “an autistic student … |
February 24th, 2010
Apple and Cisco Kiss and Make Up
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Apple and Cisco have been duking it out over the last few months over who rightfully possessed the right to use the moniker “iPhone.” |
February 21st, 2007
Cisco Suing Apple Over iPhone Trademark
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A few weeks back I told you about Cisco/Linksys’ new line of voice over IP products being marketed under the “iPhone” brand name. Well now that Apple has announced their hot new iPhone, it looks like they never completed the process of working out a deal with Cisco to use… |
January 10th, 2007
Apple to Pay $100 Million to Creative
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Apple and Creative Technology, Ltd.… today announced a broad settlement ending all legal disputes between the two companies. |
August 23rd, 2006
