Trademark protection of a fictional character provides the owner with the exclusive right to use the character in connection with goods and services, as well as the right to prevent the unauthorized use of the character in connection with goods and services of infringing third parties.
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However, a product I work with (a specific alloy) had a patent granted for its use in sporting goods.
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Which is very odd indeed as there was several years of prior art, including academic journal articles predicting that this alloy would be good for use in sporting goods.
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Controlling the supply of rare earths means that China can also control their processing and use in finished goods, which would fit a broader effort to drive its manufacturers from low- to high-value goods.
They make a lot of the boxes that other companies use to ship their goods in.
Prosperity is constituted by consumer and producer goods that people actually desire for use in satisfying their ends.
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But it also takes a slice of the sales of digital tractors, swords and other virtual goods in games run by Zynga and others that use Facebook's platform to reach customers.
The reason is surely that goods and services are bought with a specific use in mind.
Agriculture still looks a big winner, and so do industrial materials, but it seems today there's relatively more demand in basic industries than for the finished goods that use them.
Newmont also faced problems from the Indonesian government over increase in royalty payments, the obligation to process mineral ores in Indonesia, the use of local goods and services, divestment, contract extensions, and the size of mining areas.
These negotiations are focused on six main issues: an increase in royalty payments, the obligation to process mineral ores in Indonesia, the use of local goods and services, divestment, contract extensions, and the size of mining areas.
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Foreigners have bid up the CNH, giving Chinese importers an incentive to park their money in Hong Kong and use CNH to buy goods from abroad.
Baked goods loom large in my pictorial history, as does the use and abuse of Dep Gel and even, dare I say it, an affinity for socks and sandals.
Courts have applied the various facets of unfair competition law to protect fictional characters and, similar to trademark law, prevent the wrongful use of fictional characters in connection with goods and services of third parties.
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At GSP11, Matternet was founded, which is creating a platform to use unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver goods and aid in developing countries.
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Last year it banned their use to buy real-world goods and services, in part because of concerns about the impact on the yuan.
Dell became a market leader in computers through early use of the internet to sell goods and services direct to consumers, and to buy components from suppliers.
Both RPI and CPI measure changes in prices, but track slightly different baskets of goods and services and use different methods to calculate inflation.
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Revisions to the National Seeds Policy in 1991, he says, allowed Kumar to import goods for agricultural use -- and go into its new line.
The use of hedonic quality modeling in adjusting the prices of goods and services has destroyed the concept of the CPI as a measure of out-of-pocket expenses.
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This powdery pulp is then merely milled and then packaged and transported to Europe and the US for use in smoothies, juices, nutrition bars, baked goods and countless other foods.
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And the Indian CEOs who are hiring those consumers are giving them the pay that they can use to express that confidence in the form of purchasing goods and services.
The new ruling, passed June 3, gives Brazilian government owned power company Eletrobras (EBR), along with national and international equipment partners, the ability to buy capital goods, building materials, infrastructure materials and nuclear industry specific technologies for use in energy generation without having to pay the IPI, or industrial production tax, nor tariffs on imported goods.
Verizon Wireless customers who use Serve can expect to buy goods and services on their mobile phone in just a few clicks.
Compared to the United States, other nations have fewer export controls on commercial space and space-related items, including other advanced space-capable nations who are also our partners in the Wassenaar Arrangement for Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies.
We used to use 30-50% of the population working in factories to make the physical goods we wanted.
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The consumer-goods giant now has over 70 TelePresence studios around the world, and says they are in almost constant use.
The couple were dumped in the nearby city of Itaborai after being forced to use their credit cards to buy goods and withdraw money from cash machines, the police report says.
Since not all goods consumed in one particular country are produced in that country, the water footprint consists of two parts: use of domestic water resources and use of water outside the borders of the country.
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