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TRADEMARK IS NOT A VERB
Have I ranted about this lately? A “trademark” is a word, symbol or other indicator of the source and quality of goods or services, i.e., a noun. Something can only serve as a trademark if it becomes associated by some segment of the public with a particular source. When it ceases to do that (perhaps by…
Read MoreCOURT: iPHONE DESIGN NOT REALLY BIG DEAL
No one sweated the small details of consumer electronics design more than Steve Jobs. Today’s ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in a patent dispute between Apple and Samsung, must have him throwing quite a fit, wherever he is. Apple accused Samsung’s smart phones of infringing patents (pictured) covering the…
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