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May 09, 2012
TV shows called Surfer Dudes and Bull Run, an actor named Crad Ditt and an apparel business called Lami: a recipe for financial success or a trademark law headache?
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May 08, 2012
INTA members got a lesson in how not to make the most of the organization’s network of committees on Sunday, with panelists running through many of the don’ts of committee leadership to highlight what would-be committee chairs should do instead.
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May 07, 2012
Cheryl Black pretended to collapse on a table. “Maybe 18?” she said. “Wow, 18 people in one hour. That’s why I’m tired.”
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May 07, 2012
There is a big misconception about Twitter, said the company’s Global Brand Protection Manager, Jillian West, during yesterday’s In-house Practitioners Workshop.
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May 07, 2012
Do you want to seem more powerful? Try grabbing your chin thoughtfully. More intelligent? Tilt your head to the left. More attractive? Tilt your head to the right. Whatever you do, don’t grab the skin on your neck when addressing someone.
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May 07, 2012
More brand owners than ever want to cash in on the value of their trademarks by extending them to products and services in new sectors. Emma Barraclough weighs up the risks and benefits.
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May 07, 2012
Facebook and Twitter are becoming more important for trademark counsel every day, yet the law is still uncertain. Simon Crompton explains how a hypothetical consumer product could produce some useful recommendations.
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May 07, 2012
As with patents, where the concept of trolling in intellectual property began, there is much disagreement over who qualifies as a trademark troll. But one thing is certain, says Simon Crompton: it is now a trend, and one that the speakers in today’s session believe lawyers need to take seriously.
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May 06, 2012
Law students can spend entire semesters in class without ever hearing the word “client.”
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April 15, 2012
The heads of OHIM and the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board fielded some tough questions about their respective agencies’ methods during the Fordham IP Conference in New York
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March 29, 2012
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan received three awards at the fifth annual North America Awards in Washington DC, in recognition of the firm’s active role in the so-called smartphone wars at the ITC and in the courts
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March 01, 2012
The Canadian IP Office is proposing to add holograms, sound and motion to the categories of registrable trade marks – a change that would bring Canada closer to the US, New Zealand and Australia in this area
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February 02, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s North America Awards 2012 have been announced
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November 22, 2011
American Express has won its case seeking to cancel a competitor’s trade mark registration for the term BlackCard, which Amex said threatened to dilute the brand of its elusive black Centurion card
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November 14, 2011
For some attendees at the INTA Leadership Meeting, a week of talking trade marks, meeting in committees and beach-based networking is not enough. What they’re really here for is golf
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August 15, 2011
Four prominent law associations do not recommend increased involvement by the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in settlement proceedings, saying it would result in delayed cases
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June 13, 2011
A US cloud computing company is suing Apple in Arizona over its application for the mark iCloud - the name of Apple's new remote storage service
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June 02, 2011
A new trade mark filing service that has gained national media attention could cause headaches for small business owners who are trying to cut costs, say lawyers
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May 17, 2011
Ted Joe is Patent Counsel for salesforce.com, a pioneering company in the burgeoning enterprise cloud computing market. The company has a global presence and is floated on the New York Stock Exchange. He explains the challenges he faces working in an Internet-only company. By Fionn O’Raghallaigh.
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May 17, 2011
INTA’s law journal The Trademark Reporter (TMR) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Today, four leading thinkers will mark the achievement by examining past and future trends in trademarks. James Bush reports.