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It must really suck to be the person in charge of securing trademarks for Apple right now. Apparently, Apple thought that it had the trademark for the iPad name in China. Or at least it thought its team of legal ninjas could beat down the Chinese opposition that owned the…
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December 7th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun
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While most of us are still content to be looking forward to the Galaxy Nexus or continuing to use the Galaxy S or S II from Samsung, the company is always looking down the road. Samsung has recently filed a trademark application that seeks to get dibs on the name…
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November 29th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun
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I know we have all heard the phrase “on like Donkey Kong”… uttered on more than occasion. This is one of those phrases that can mean all sorts of different things depending on the situation. I’ll use it in a sentence for you, here it go. A pal might ask,
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November 11th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun
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Even though the name of Nintendo’s next-gen portable gaming platform hasn’t yet been officially announced, since it’s going to be a 3D device, it’s appropriate that 3DS was just trademarked by the Japanese giant.…
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May 18th, 2010 by: Range
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I was checking out the App Store to see if anyone had already been releasing updates for their applications to take advantage of the larger screen on the new Apple iPad, and much to my surprise, I found this:
Apparently, a company called Groove Systems has been selling an application…
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January 30th, 2010 by: Technabob
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Activision has a real obsession with heroes… at least, the musical kind. They’ve just filed a trademark for Drum Hero. But can’t we pound on plastic drums already…? In several different ways? I guess it really needs its own brand. Of course, a new trademark doesn’t mean the
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November 12th, 2009 by: Alisha K.
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I’m not really sure what a Margaritaville game might entail, exactly. The tragedy of salt shakers gone missing? The smell of shrimp? Old men wandering around in tank tops? Jimmy Buffett… wandering around in a tank top? That’s it, guys: clearly, Margaritaville has been trademarked for a survival horror game.
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November 4th, 2009 by: Alisha K.
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I’m not too sure what the trademark police will have to say about this one, but this UK plumbing firm shares more than just a profession with Nintendo’s popular mascot.
I’m not sure if SuperMario Plumbing & Heating thinks they can avoid the wrath of the Big “N” by removing…
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April 28th, 2008 by: Technabob
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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.”
Tonight, the companies have jointly announced an agreement which will allow both companies to use the iPhone name on their own products.
No financial details were…
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February 21st, 2007 by: Technabob
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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…
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January 10th, 2007 by: Technabob