Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
- Twitter is trying to get a trademark on TWEET – a noun. That's just WRONG. http://tinyurl.com/mry6ub #
- RT @nytimes Google Plans to Introduce a PC Operating System http://bit.ly/Gucqn Let the Microsoft-Google war begin! Should be interesting… #
- Dist. Ct. in CA has quashed patent because of Bilsky. Patent owner will, of course, appeal. Let Bilsky wars begin! http://tinyurl.com/mauo83 #
- http://tinyurl.com/nbaypr GM will emerge from Ch. 11 bankruptcy in record time; asset sale approved by BK court judge goes into effect soon. #
- Considering pros and cons of a new business venture. Can't shoot the model down — yet. I'm working on it, though. #
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Twitter attempts to trademark the term tweet
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Twitter attempts to trademark the term TWEET.
Huh.
Twitter wants to register TWEET as a mark, but they’re planning to peaceably coexist with those who use the mark in the same commercial space as Twitter does.
First of all, they haven’t been using TWEET as a mark. TWEET, in the Twitter world, is a noun; trademarks are adjectives.
Second, their proposed use flies in the face of US trademark law and in the face of trademark usage. Trademarks are in place to protect the public from confusion as to the source of goods and services in the stream of commerce. If the mark is used by many to describe goods and services for many sources in the same commercial space, the public will be confused as to the source of goods and services sold or marketed under the mark. Thus, the mark would not be usable as a trademark is intended to be used.
Sorry, Twitter. If I were the examining attorney on this one, I’d deny the registration of the TWEET mark based on genericism. That’s what your own strategy makes of it.
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
- Twitter may have a tough time with getting trademark registration for TWEET – is TWEET generic? http://tinyurl.com/m4kjmn #
- US Dept. of Justice officially opening antitrust investigation into Google Book Search http://tinyurl.com/kuezjp #
- I just took the "Which Harry Potter Character Are You?" quiz and got: Remus Lupin! Try it: http://bit.ly/lr50G #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
- http://tinyurl.com/mjrvqt Ed McMahon died. That’s the passing of an epoch there. RIP, Ed. #
- RT @newward New blog post: Woman fined to tune of $1.9 million for illegal downloads – CNN.com http://bit.ly/cDisL Copyright Law Has Teeth!! #
- RT @fredabramson RT @AndyBarovick: Schumer introduces bill to allow members of military to sue for medical malpractice. http://bit.ly/6Mxk8 #
- RT @mikk_IPRIP Insight June 2009 http://is.gd/1d3au A nice set of links from the UK IP Office. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-15
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
- I just joined the LawLink Twitter Forum. To join visit: http://www.lawlink.com/twitter #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-31
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
- Living Well http://networkedblogs.com/p5441487 Listen up, Lawyers and others. Good stuff here. Pay attention as you walk down those stairs!! #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-24
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
- RT @IP_Updates Boldrin’s “Against IP” condemns monopoly profits generated thru copyright & patent http://is.gd/AY4 . Hm. I disagree w/ that. #
- Aaron Greenspan, FaceBook.com settle their trademark dispute … perhaps not amicably? http://tinyurl.com/qee3r4 This is a kick in the tail. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-17
Sunday, May 17th, 2009
- waiting for a client, then for a friend and a lovely dinner this evening…. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-03
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
- http://tinyurl.com/c59j6k McDonald’s loses TM infringemt in Malaysia-”Mc” ok for eatery use with no misrep. to public. Don’t try this in US. #
- RT @IP_UpdatesBPAI Judges Get Patent Attorney Clerks-http://is.gd/vhMz #
- RT @jerell BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Justice David Souter to retire at the end of the current term http://go.twittertruth.com/... #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-27
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
- RT @DebraTuomey http://bit.ly/eDOKo Ninth Circuit Denies YouTube’s Bid to Revive Tur Case #
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