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Trademarks Archive

January 18, 2006

A Modest Top Level Domain Proposal

What if, asks Danny Younger, we declared a trademark-free TLD?

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 05:17 PM

November 07, 2005

Loose Lips Infringe Trademarks

The New York Metro is attempting to trademark the security warning "See Something, Say Something."

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 12:06 PM

April 27, 2005

Trademark Dilution Act Passes House

Now it's in the Senate, and you can help us fight it by sending a letter to your Senators now!

.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 08:49 AM

December 15, 2004

Google Trounces Geico Already?

It looks like a judge just ruled in Google's favor: the company can use trademarked company names to trigger advertisements. We're listing that in the "Good for Consumers" column.

.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 10:27 AM

December 14, 2004

To Tivo, or Not to Tivo?

The company says neither, since "Tivo" is a registered trademark that's not supposed to be used as a verb. Or else.

.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 10:16 AM

December 13, 2004

Google Adwords Spur Geico Lawsuit

The insurance company brought a claim against Google for letting other companies buy search results for the term "Geico."

.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 09:54 PM

May 26, 2004

Diebold. We're From the Private Sector and We're Here to Help

Diebold Variations is a collection of clever "faux-sters" criticizing the embattled election-software company.

.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 10:19 PM

April 08, 2004

Gmail Runs into Trademark Trouble

Is Goomail taken?

.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 09:41 PM