The form-fitting shirts, marketed under the trademark name Evidence Based Apparel, are embedded with elastic bands and were designed using a combination of biomechanical technology, neurological research and advanced body-imaging systems.
Published reports say the Kings have registered a trademark for name Anaheim Royals in preparation for a move.
It took INPI seven years before they granted IGB the right to trademark the name and that year the G-Gradiente iPhone was launched.
However, Mojang has given up any claim to a trademark on the name.
Rival Digital Chocolate says it has a trademark on that name.
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And it seems that the group who plans to run a new LBGTQ gaming convention did not own the trademark to the name GaymerCon.
The public can also file objections against applications in some cases, such as if the objectors own a trademark for a name an applicant is seeking.
Wall's company owns a trademark on the name "Vista, " and he's now considering his options, which could include taking his neighbor to court though he'd like to at least chew the fat over the back fence first.
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On a related note, Helio has recently filed for a trademark on the name "Mysto, " continuing the surf-themed naming convention (a "mysto spot" is apparently a rare, difficult to find break that typically occurs offshore) -- and while we don't know that the A523 will be called the Mysto, it seems like a good fit.
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Mr. Jordan doesn't hold a registered trademark for his Chinese name in China, but legal experts said that might not matter.
She has not actually used the name in a trademark capacity.
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As I reported last month, News Corp. filed its own application in November to trademark its treatment of that name, the blue-and-white logo at the top of this post.
You can trademark a specific expression of a name like that, but not the name itself.
Intellectual-property lawyers said it isn't clear that the oil company's use of the Pixar name could be considered trademark infringement because it is in such a different business, selling such different products.
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The band's early attempts to conquer the US market were nearly thwarted by American folk singer Suzanne DeBronkart who had recorded under the name Suede and held the trademark.
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Groups have been created for business users, service providers, domain name registrars and companies interested in trademark issues.
After that, palmOne bought the Palm trademark from PalmSource, and then changed its company name back to Palm Inc.
The Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization this month ordered the domain name worldwrestlingfederation.com transferred to its trademark owners after someone registered it and offered to sell it back at significant profit.
In the case of Pure Green Coffee, the trademark is registered to a Tampa company with the generic name Nation Wide Ventures.
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The trademark application for the tablet was turned down because the name was "merely descriptive" and did not create a unique meaning, it said.
You never want your trademark used generically, which is where the product and the name are synonymous, because then the mark becomes used as a noun.
Color, the name for which the company (unbelievably) holds the trademark of, started as a proximity-based photo sharing app and in its final incarnation is a Facebook enabled realtime video and photo sharing app available on iOS and Android, but only through Verizon.
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And in 2010, Apple secured the iPad trademark in the United States from Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu which had registered the name in the U.S. in 2003.
Westlife applied for an EU trademark in 1999 and said there was a clear distinction between the group's name and the word West.
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The panel could potentially overturn the team's trademark, which would erode profits by allowing other businesses to sell apparel and goods featuring the Redskins name.
Of course, there's nothing more than the trademark applications to go on at the moment, but it does certainly seem clear that the Nook name is here to stay.
Second, if Rotonde successfully secures trademark rights to The Flying Squirrel, Douglas would have a basis to oppose any commercial exploitation of that name.
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Every once in a while, some Trademark owner or the other loses rights because it becomes so famous that people starting calling the article by the trademarked name.
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