trademark

Over in Cologne, Germany there is a company called ‘Smartbook AG’ that provides computers to businesses and ‘lifestyle’ markets. It seems that the company claims to have a trademark on the word ‘Smartbook’ and claims that some companies are using this term in violation of their trademark. Some companies use the term ‘Smartbook’ in describing [...]

Twitter seems like it is getting serious when it comes to people using the word ‘tweet’ in their apps. It is taking this so seriously that it has actually applied for a trademark of the word ‘tweet’. I can understand that the folks at Twitter want to protect what is now a common term associated [...]

Psion is claiming that it has a trademark in effect for the term ‘netbook’ and that no one is allowed to use it. The company, which stopped producing a CE powered ‘netbook’ back in 2003, is threatening that the use of the term must stop by the end of March 2009. If anyone, which includes [...]

Intel seems to think that a travel agency in Santa Clara, CA., by the name of Intellife Travel, is infringing on its trademark name. Apparently Intellife Travel has received a grouping of letters from Intel lawyers, indicating they feel the travel agency and its name may confuse the public into thinking that it is a [...]

Dell is trying to obtain a trademark patent on the term ‘cloud computing’  and has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s. Apparently the Dell request has survived the first part of the application process and is now in the challenge process of a trademark registration. The challenge process allows others time [...]