Posts from ‘March, 2010’

Apple Inc., which plans to begin selling its new iPad tablet computer April 3, has received ownership of the name from Fujitsu Ltd., according to records with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Fujitsu was approved for a trademark on the iPad name for use in handheld computing devices.
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Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for the design of the iconic “cold worked” stainless steel bezel seen on the iPhone.
Originally applied for on July 10, 2008, U.S. Patent No. 7,688,574, entitled “Cold Worked Metal Housing for a Portable Electronic Device,” was formally granted on Tuesday, March [...]

Millions of people use Google’s search engine every day but don’t realize that the balance inherent in U.S. copyright law helps enable it to exist.
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Expect to see a lot more tech products with ‘i’ in the name, either as a prefix or a suffix, as Apple has lost a trademarks tribunal in which it was trying to stop an Australian firm from using the name DOPi to sell cases and bags for laptops and other Apple products.
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Amazon’s patent on one-click shopping has been scrutinized by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The USPTO declared its intent to issue a reexamination certificate confirming the validity of Amazon’s amended version of the patent.
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Nokia, the mobile phone maker has developed a self-charging phone. The devise is designed to use the kinetic energy created when a person moves around. The patent application was filed with the USPTO. The new device could power a phone; however this technology could be used in any portable electronic device like a music player, [...]

When countries around the world are finding out ways to protect their intellectual property, Japan and China have inked a memorandum on copyright protection.
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For many people, brand theft rather than piracy is the biggest intellectual property risk. Brand theft occurs where one party establishes a brand but another party acquires rights to the brand (in bad faith). Not all trademark disputes are brand theft — many involve disputes between parties all acting in good faith, but cases [...]

On March 14, 1985, if one wanted to visit a commercial company’s Web site, he needed to know the string of numbers which made up its IP address. But a day later that changed.

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According to The Age, Apple is trying to prevent Woolworths (the Australian retail chain rather than the American or the now-defunct British one) from using a new logo which Steve Jobs’ company thinks is similar to its own logo.
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