Tag: Trademark

Reddit’s Gaymer Community Wins Trademark Fight
After a months-long legal fight involving a site owner, one reddit community, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the term "gaymer" is no longer trademarked. The reddit comm...
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Facebook Doesn’t Want Third-Party Apps Using ‘Insta’ Or ‘Gram’ In Their Names
Instagram is no longer allowing third-party apps that provide additional functionality to its product to have the words (or partial words) "Insta" or "Gram" in them. The Facebook-o...
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Sweden Axes the Word ‘Ungoogleable’ After Google Intervenes
Google has successfully pressured the Swedish Language Council to remove a new word because it risks turning "google" into a generic term. It's a testament to Google's dominanc...
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Google Updates AdWords Trademark Policy
Google announced some updates to its AdWords trademark policy. Beginning on April 23, AdWords keywords that were restricted as a result of a trademark investigation will no longer...
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This ‘iphone’ From Brazil Runs Android, Much To Apple’s Chagrin
Most of us know the iPhone to be Apple's prized smartphone - the device that ushered in the current mobile era we're experiencing. Unfortunately for Apple, a different company has...
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Facebook Goes to Trial with Timelines.com this April, Thinks Defeat Is Improbable
Facebook will go to trial to defend their "Timeline" in April. Facebook's Annual Report filing...
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Apple’s Trademark Applications Are Getting Kind Of Ridiculous
Apple is one of the most well known brands around the world. Its logo is recognized by millions of people. It's understandable that Apple would want to protect its brand, but its l...
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Apple Bans “Memory” from App Store, Cites German Trademark [REPORT]
If you're currently developing an app for Apple's App Store, you may want to refrain from including the word "memory" in the title. It may save you a major headache down the road....
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Apple Sues Online Grocery Store Over Its Logo
Apple is ridiculously protective of its trademarks and patents. That much should be clear by now. The company will drag you to court if you so much have a single element in common...
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Microsoft Ditches “Metro” Name For Windows 8 UI
Ever since Microsoft revealed Windows 8 to the world, we have referred to the new interface as "Metro." It was assumed that the name would stick since we're...
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Anonymous Announces #OpAnonTrademark In Retaliation To French eBay Store
Well, that didn't take long. Earlier today, we brought you a story of how one Fren...
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Will Anonymous Allow Their Logo To Be Trademarked?
The Anonymous logo is one of the defining images of our generation. Whether you agree with them or not, Anonymous has had a profound impact on the Internet. That's why it's interes...
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Anthony Davis’ Unibrow Gets Trademarked
During the last season of college basketball, Kentucky's Anthony Davis made the unibrow popular with sports fans, so much so, in fact, it went well beyond Kentucky fans. In fact,...
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London Olympics Protesters Suspended From Twitter
As you might expect, not everyone in England is welcoming the Olympics with open arms. So much so, in fact, there's an official protest movement which can be found at...
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Legal Concerns Loom with ICANN’s Upcoming gTLDs
ICANN’s controversial decision to open up the market for domain name endings is about to get e...
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