Articles Tagged with IP

App Developer Opposes Twitter’s Application for TWEET Mark Updated: by

On July 19th, Rick Quereshi filed a Notice of Opposition against Twitter’s application for the mark TWEET.  Although Twitter applied for trademark protection of TWEET back on April 16, 2009, and the application was published for opposition later that year, Quereshi opposes the registration for the following reasons: 1) Twitter…

Sacré bleu! Lawsuits over Zynga’s Trademark Claims to ‘Ville’ Names Updated: by

Can gaming company Zynga successfully obtain trademark rights to all things ending in ville, the French word for a town or village? Answering that question is a task facing two federal courts. Before it launched its billion dollar IPO, the San Francisco-based tech company threatened to sue computer game makers…

Off We Go, Into the Wild Yonder Service Mark Feud Updated: by

There's a bitter legal feud in the Wild Yonder out West. The trademark fighter pilot litigators at two telecoms are fueling their IP jets, checking their legal payloads, and heading for a showdown over the clear blue skies of eastern California and northern Nevada. Carlsbad, California-based ViaSat®, owner of Yonder…