Music Choice is a British High Street chain that uses a Bulls-eye logo. Some four years ago, Target Brands, a US Read the rest of this entry »
Music Choice on Target
October 7, 2007
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Arsenal Football Club Files “Gooner” Trademark
August 31, 2007The Gunners have filed a trademark application for the word gooner, apparently invented and used by fans… Read the rest of this entry »
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UK Intellectual Property Office to Stop Examining Trademarks on Relative Grounds
July 21, 2007The UK government has recently published the Trademarks (Relative Grounds) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1976), which will come into force on 1 October 2007.
The Order brings Read the rest of this entry »
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UK appoints its first Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property
July 11, 2007Lord Triesman, a Labour party peer, has recently been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual Property and Quality. Treiesman is part of the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and reports Read the rest of this entry »
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UK Patent Office refuses to grant patent for “soul-powered force-field generator”
April 4, 2007The hearing officer of the UKPTO has refused to grant a patent for a force-field generator that utilizes the power of the human soul to move objects. The application, referenced Garry Ritchie BL O/049/07 of 16 February 2007, was apparently refused on the grounds that it was not capable of industrial application because it went against well-established scientific laws. furthermore, there was insufficient disclosure of how the claimed parts of the force-field generator would work.
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