Tag: trademark
YouView faces name change after losing High Court appeal
YouView, the digital TV and catch-up TV set top box mash-up service, may have to change its name after losing a High Court appeal. YouView were appealing against an earlier trademark decision made back in may by the Intellectual Property…
Apple cough up £38 million to protect iPad name in China
Apple have had to open their cheque book in order to protect the iPad tablet name in China, where murky trademark laws have seen numerous companies claiming the right to use the name. The Cupertino company have had to pay…
Twitter nab the "Tweet" trademark
Twitter have managed to gain control over the word "Tweet", bagging the trademark after a lengthy legal battle with Twittad. Both Twitter and Twittad claimed to own the phrase. Twittad, who provide sponsored advertising via Twitter have their tagline "Let…
Rockstar Films trademark suggest GTA and Red Dead Redemption movies are due
A recently uncovered trademark filing for Rockstar Films suggests that movie adaptations of Rockstar Games' biggest hits, including Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and LA Noire, may be making their way to the silver screen. Though a trademark for…
Tech-Apple to brand itself with the music-Apple?
Technology giant Apple has long been eyeing up the Apple Corp logo – the Granny Smith one belonging to the Beatles' music label. Now it looks like the California group may be getting its wish, according to European trademark…
Generic wars: Apple and Microsoft in battle over whose trademarks are least original
So Apple wants to trademark 'App Store' so no one else can use this term when it comes to selling similar things. This may seem fair enough, but Windows begs to differ. 'App Store' is too generic to be…
HTC file "Sensation" trademark: UI overhaul planned?
A new trademark filed by the folks over at HTC has set tongues wagging that the company's actually-very-good Sense Android UI could be getting an overhaul. The "Sensation" trademark applies to "Mobile phones, smartphones, wireless phones, wireless devices, portable computers…
Nintendo to trademark "It's on like Donkey Kong" phrase
Nintendo are looking into trademarking the phrase "It's on like Donkey Kong" to coincide with the release of the gaming ape's latest adventure, Donkey Kong Country Returns. The request has been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark office,…
Gmail trademark dispute settled in the UK
Google's Googlemail email service is to revert back to its previous name Gmail in the UK after the search giants finally settled an ongoing trademark dispute. Until the mid 00s, UK users called the service Gmail along with the rest…
LOL! Fark want 2 TM NSFW. Not safe for sanity, more like
It seems that Fark, purveyor of geek-and-then-some links to the World Wide Web, believes that it has exclusive rights to the acronym "NSFW", which is frequently used on the Internet to signify a link to material that may end up…
