Namco Bandai trademarks 'Alien Confidential'JoystiqSiliconera has unearthed a trademark application for "Alien Confidential," filed by Namco Bandai on December 12 in North America and the EU. We know literally zero things about what t…

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Lawyers sceptical about EU patents courtFinancial TimesTim Roberts, chairman of the UK's Chartered Insitute of Patent Attorneys, said: “They already do this for trademark disputes and the results have not been seen as satisfactory. We think it co…

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UK's EIS proposals still await EU approvalScreen InternationalIvan Mactaggart, a partner at Trademark Films, predicted that in spite of the uncertainty around the timing of the EU State Aid approval, the green light would eventually be given. “Yo…

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Microsoft, Cephalon, DuPont, Red Bull: Intellectual PropertyBusinessWeek“A service consisting of the mere filling of cans bearing a sign protected as a trademark is not use of that sign which is liable to be prohibited,” the EU Court of Justice, th…

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Trade Mark Infringement On The Internet: Current Issues And Concerns In Europe …Mondaq News Alerts (registration)Both the Trade Mark Directives, as well as the Community Trade Mark Regulation 40/94 4 do not give an exact definition of what constitute…

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Red Bull Loses EU Court Ruling Over Dutch Trademark BreachBusinessWeek15 (Bloomberg) — Red Bull GmbH, an Austrian energy- drink maker, lost a challenge at the European Union's highest court over an alleged breach of its trademark by a Dutch compan…

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Red Bull Loses EU Court Challenge Over Dutch Trademark BreachBloombergBy Stephanie Bodoni – Thu Dec 15 10:34:54 GMT 2011 Red Bull GmbH, an Austrian energy- drink maker, lost a challenge at the European Union's highest court over an alleged breach o…

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Nabarro LLP | Trademark Talk – Penning a FutureLinex Legal (press release) (registration)Ie, the total body of European Union (EU) law applicable in the EU member states. 4. By Professor Douwe Korff of London Metropolitan University and Ian Brown of th…

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Just Tap and Go: Expedia Introduces Hotels for iPad and Android TabletsBusiness Review Europe (press release)Expedia is a registered trademark of Expedia, Inc. in the European Union and certain other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are property of …

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Summit deal splits EU; S&P announces credit reviewCastanet.netApple will lose the “iPad” trademark in China despite having paid US$54000 to buy the name from a Hong Kong-based company in 2006. A Chinese court sided with the company, which claim…

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U.S. Government Research Institution Selects Kofax for Invoice Processing SolutionMarketWatch (press release)… EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit www.kofax.com . "Kofax" is a registered trademark in the US, the EU and other …

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A FIGHT FOR OUR SKIESDaily StarAnd with trademark efficiency, Germany's state-owned equivalent, the Deutsche Flugsicherung, has already begun circling with an offer. But the sale has sounded alarm bells, with union safety chiefs saying control must…

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Primera Announces CX1000 Color Label PrinterMarketWatch (press release)For Latin America, contact Primera Latin America in Brazil by phone at +55 11 26 26 80 17, by FAX at +55 11 39 58 04 88 or by email at sales@primera.la. Notes to Editors: Primera is…

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Durban's empty promisesNational PostTo protect its trademark industry, and its own reputation, the EU has unilaterally, in effect, decided to continue Kyoto. As for the giver-nations abandoning Kyoto, they are promising to fund a Green Climate Fund…

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Daily MailCameron EU speech: Nick Clegg had done a Greta Garbo … I vant to be alone!Daily MailNick Clegg, with his trademark fortitude, had failed to show for David Cameron's statement about the great Brussels veto. Vroop vroop! Man down! Missing…

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Read More >Intellectual Property Watch (blog)By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes today presented details on the No-Disconnect strategy of the EU which aims to support human right…

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INTERNET LAW – A EU Trademark Owner may Prevent a Competitor from Using its …IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription)Through a preliminary ruling, the court was to decide whether a trade mark proprietor may prevent a competitor from using its trade mark as a…

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Belts for luggage held to be highly similar to belts for trousersWorld Trademark Review (subscription)Article 8(1)(b) states that an opposed trademark must not be registered if there exists a likelihood of confusion on the part of the public in the ter…

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Pharming granted US patent on C1 inhibitor use in ischemia reperfusion injury …Reuters (press release)Biotech company Pharming Group NV ("Pharming" or "the Company") (NYSE Euronext: PHARM) announces that the United States Patent a…

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Pharming granted U.S. patent on C1 inhibitor use in ischemia reperfusion …MarketWatch (press release)LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS, Dec 12, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Biotech company Pharming Group NV ("Pharming" or "the Company") (nys…

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