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'Heavy Hitter' Lawyer Hits Back at Ad Man
By DEBORAH NATHAN, ESQ., Andrews Publications Staff Writer
A personal injury attorney who uses the term "heavy hitter" to advertise his services has filed a declaratory judgment action in Nevada federal court to protect the legality of his trademark. Rival Companies Are Like-Minded in Politics But Not in Trademarks
By DEBORAH NATHAN, ESQ., Andrews Publications Staff Writer
Two companies that share common ground politically nonetheless are at odds over their respective use of trademarks for the products they sell. Questions follow Mattel's $100M Bratz verdict
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Writer RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A three-month trial that pitted Mattel Inc. against Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment Inc. brought a $100 million jury award for the house of Barbie, but the legal battle is far from over.
FBI arrests man over leak of Guns N' Roses songs
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal authorities say they have arrested a blogger suspected of streaming songs from Guns N' Roses unreleased album, "Chinese Democracy," on his Web site.
Jury awards Mattel Inc. $100 million in Bratz suit
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Writer RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Barbie may have taken some of the sass out of her pouty-lipped rivals Yasmin, Jade, Cloe and Sasha with a $100 million verdict against Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment Inc., but no one's left the playground yet.
By DEBORAH NATHAN, ESQ., Andrews Publications Staff Writer
A personal injury attorney who uses the term "heavy hitter" to advertise his services has filed a declaratory judgment action in Nevada federal court to protect the legality of his trademark. Rival Companies Are Like-Minded in Politics But Not in Trademarks
By DEBORAH NATHAN, ESQ., Andrews Publications Staff Writer
Two companies that share common ground politically nonetheless are at odds over their respective use of trademarks for the products they sell. Questions follow Mattel's $100M Bratz verdict
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Writer
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Writer
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- ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) The AIPLA represents individuals, companies and institutions involved directly or indirectly in thepractice of patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property.
- US Copyright Office Informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright law and to thehome pages of other copyright-related organizations; news of what the Office is doing, including Congressional testimony andpress releases; our latest regulations; a link to our online copyright records cataloged since 1978.
- US Patent and Trademark Office Promotes the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times toinventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries (Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution).
- USPTO Web Patent Database Full text database, bibliographic database, AIDS patent database.
- USPTO Web Trademark Database Full bibliograpic text database.
- Copyright and Fair Use Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources, in collaboration with the Council onLibrary Resources and FindLaw Internet Legal Resources, are sponsors of this web site.
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectualproperty throughout the world through cooperation among States, and for the administration of various multilateral treatiesdealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property.
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