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Cisco v Apple Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition Complaint

Following is the complaint filed by Cisco over Apples use of the iPhone name:COMPLAINT FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, UNFAIR COMPETITION, FALSE DESCRIPTION, AND INJURY TO BUSINESS REPUTATION; CASE NO.FOLGER LEVIN & KAHN LLPMichael A. Kahn (SB# 057432, mkahn@flk.com)Gregory D. Call (SB# 120483, gcall@flk.com)Michael F. Kelleher (SB# 165493, mkelleher@flk.com)Beatrice B. Nguyen (SB#...

Tags: General, Legal, Apple, Cisco, iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc., U.S.C.

Blog posts 2007-01-10

Google may be liable for trademark infringement

Google may be liable for trademark infringementIn the transcript...The lawyer for Geico stated that the word Geico was used in the ranking algorithm, aswell as the word in the advert, and therefore was being used by Google. Whereas Google's lawyer responded 'I'm not talking to you, you bad man', so...

Tags: Google Inc., GEICO, trademark infringement, privacy

Discussion threads 2005-08-17

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EU court: Google keywords don't violate trademark

If you search for Louis Vuitton and get a knockoff website instead - thanks to Google's sale of the brand's name as a search keyword - is that a trademark infringement? An EU court advisor says no. by Richard Koman

Tags: Google Inc., Keyword, European Union, Web Site Development, Branding, Investment, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction

Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Jo-Foley, Groklaw, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, I4i, patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Class action lawsuit says Google's sales of keywords illegal

Class action lawsuit says Google's sales of keywords illegalproof reader anyone?Richard , what does the following mean?"since anyone searching on the word will the sponsored links of her competitors at the top of Google results page, The New York Times reports."Any chance of me working as your proof reader?RE: Class...

Tags: Sales strategy, sales, Google Inc., class action

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

Class action lawsuit says Google's sales of keywords illegal

Google encourages advertisers to purchase other companies' trademarks as targeted search terms. And they're expanding the practice into 190 countries. Is that fair use or a protection racket? Audrey Spangenberg, CEO of FPX, a SaaS company that owns the FirePond trademark, thinks Google's use of her trademark...

Tags: Google Inc., Lawsuit, Class Action, Sales, Class Action Lawsuit, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Is Psystar planning a netbook?

Is Psystar planning a netbook?P-pod MP3 playerWhatever happened to the P-pod MP3 player that Psystar was going to come out with? :-)RE: Is Psystar planning a netbook?If Apple blocks this attempt, they'd better hurry to fill this gap in the tiny-and-less-than-$600 space in the market themselves. My kids both have...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OS-X Leopard, Psystar, netbook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Psystar releases new Mac clone, despite Apple lawsuit

Psystar, apparently still optimistic about its lawsuit with Apple, has announced another Mac clone computer. The company today introduced a $599 Mac clone desktop PC called Open(3). There's been great debate in the blogosphere about whether Apple's control over both software and hardware constitutes monopolistic behavior, despite...

Tags: Lawsuit, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Obama continues Bush's secrecy policy on mysterious IP trade deal

OK, just what is so secret about a copyright-protection treaty? There is this proposal - the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. It's a secret and repugnant proposed treaty with some pretty extreme provisions. Only what we know about the provisions is limited to what has leaked out, because the actual terms...

Tags: Treaty, IP, Obama, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Bang the TomTom slowly

Bang the TomTom slowlyBang the TomTom slowly but surely"TomTom's use of the Linux kernel in its products, ..."The fact of the matter is, the "Linux Kernel" was mentioned by name.^o^Still, if we let MS keep threatening, and demanding cross licensingagreements for invalid patents, it helps validate invalid patents. One at...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., Tom-Tom, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-02-27

News to know: Congress; Newser; Apple; VMware; High-speed rail

Harry Fuller: Confronting Congressional hypocrisy The U.S. is losing it Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Newser Versus The New York Times, Revisited: Who's Copying Whom? Andrew Nusca: Apple director: 'no change' in Jobs' plans Sam Diaz: No Twitter blasts...

Tags: Google Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, U.S. Congress, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Sam Diaz, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cloud Computing, E-mail Providers, Strategy, Hardware, Internet, Management

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Former Microsoft employee accused of spying

Microsoft is suing a former employee for applying for his job under false pretenses and using his role at the company to gain access to confidential data related to patent litigation he is now waging, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Miki Mullor was hired by Microsoft in November...

Tags: Patent, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-30

Patent wars: RealNetworks wins; Global Crossing pays up

RealNetworks defeated a patent infringement suit that was trying to come back from the dead. Meanwhile, Global Crossing licensed a portfolio of call center patents from Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, an outfit that collects dough from a who's who of corporate America. First, RealNetworks said on...

Tags: Patent, Global Crossing Ltd., RealNetworks Inc., Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, Katz, Ronald Katz, RAKTL, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Lessig, Colbert in Copyright Smackdown

Lessig, Colbert in Copyright SmackdownLessig is a moronWhat a moron.RE: Lessig, Colbert in Copyright SmackdownHa! (I've loved Stephen Colbert since STRANGERS) I do agree that the current commercial/copyright system is dated and must adapt somehow to the new "authoring capabilities" provided by digital technologies today. But not in the...

Tags: Sales strategy, Digital media, Strategy, SmackDown, Colbert

Discussion threads 2009-01-10

Free Software Foundation sues Cisco

Free Software Foundation sues CiscoThe FSF scares me!Comply or we'll sue you!Anyone who thinks that the FSF means free as in freedom would do well to remember stories such as these.As a wise customer once told me "sometimes, free costs too much".Seriously!Considering how much money & time Cisco saves by...

Tags: Free Software Foundation, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

Apple adds DMCA charge to Psystar suit

It appears that Apple is trying to put the final nail in Psystar's coffin, asking the court to accept an amended complaint against the Mac clone maker to add a charge of violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to a long list of allegations, including trademark infringement, breach of...

Tags: Complaint, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Apple Mac OS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Judge tosses Psystar's countersuit

A federal judge has tossed out a countersuit filed by Mac clone maker Psystar, which alleged that Apple was engaging in anticompetitive business practices by controlling both the hardware and software that makes up the Macintosh computer line. Psystar was given 20 days - until Dec. 8 - to amend...

Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Microsoft's "Don't Talk Like a Pirate" day

Microsoft's "Don't Talk Like a Pirate" daySo this is code for"Love and Accept DRM Day"? Yes, please, give us more of the aphrodesiatic DRM we love so much!! MORE MORE MORE!!If they were serious, they could.Seriously, been over this with Ed. You could make the actual install activation...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Corp., piracy, digital-rights management, DVD

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?

Somewhere in the news coverage of Psystar's countersuit against Apple today, I was reminded of the car analogy I use to help friends and family understand how to buy a computer. Under the hood of a car, everything is the same. There's an engine, transmission, battery and...

Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-26