trademarks
Phones
Palm Gets All Lawyer-y Over The Pre Theme For Android
9:20AM Sean Fallon | Palm has a problem with the Pre theme that has been floating around for Android phones. I could go on about copyright infringement, lawyers and other shenanigans, but the bottom line is that the skin is now discontinued. More »
Business
Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are A Go
5:20AM Matt Buchanan | Microsoft’s official line on those leaked store plans were “early concepts”, but besides the short timeline between the plans’ July 7 date and construction, Microsoft’s filed a trademark for the “INCLUSIVE EXUBERANCE” flower-power logo detailed inside. More »
Games
Sony Registers ‘Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!’ Trademark
1:30PM Erica Ho | Sony’s new trademarked tagline is “HOLY INVASION OF PRIVACY, BADMAN!” It’s apparently related to “games” and “optical discs.” I think it might be related to “Christian Bale” and a “temper.” Would explain all those caps. More »
Business
Apple Sends Cease & Desist to Makers of Podium, Want Them to Ditch the ‘Pod’
7:40AM Adam Frucci | Here’s an insane move by Apple: sending a cease and desist to a company who makes an iPhone stand called the Podium for using the word “pod” in its name. What in the hell? More »
Computers
Dell Wants to Set ‘Netbook’ Free
9:40AM Matt Buchanan | Psion, the wee company that decided no one should say netbook so it could pursue the spoils of trademark battles, just got a kick in the balls from Dell. More »
Computers
Netbook Debate Heats Up As Google Bans Term From Ad Network
5:00AM Jack Loftus | Netbook creator Psion won another battle in its war against casual use of the term “netbook” this week as Google banned the term from its lucrative ad network. Seriously now, what should we call them? More »
Random Stuff
Russian Moron Trademarks Emoticons
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | For some reason, Russian entrepreneur and famed sequins underpants collector Oleg Teterin, thinks that he has the right to trademark emoticons. But don’t fret: this brilliant genius will let individuals use :-) for free. More »
Random Stuff
Drew Curtis Says NFSW Trademark Application is a Prank
6:09PM Jesus Diaz | Drew Curtis has confirmed that Fark is indeed trying to trademark the NSFW (not safe for work) acronym with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. But he says that, although he can’t comment on it yet, it’s all a “prank.” Then he added: “muhahaha.” According to Drew, he didn’t reply to the internet uproar against this application because he was a) on a trip without laptop charger and b) drunk most of the time. On completely unrelated news, industry analysts looking at that last part of his news point out that Drew Curtis may have secretly joined Gizmodo. [Fark] More »
Online
Fark Attempts to Trademark NSFW, Gizmodo is Like ‘WTF? TFSU!’
2:58PM Adrian Covert | Drew Curtis and his company Fark, in their quest to rulzor teh internetz, filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office to lay claim to the acronym NSFW. Seeing as we like to use the acronym to prevent employed and/or righetous gadget freaks from becoming enraged, we take an interest in the all-encompassing control they want over the term.According to the app, the trademark rights would cover all of the following: More »
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