I Hope This Gets A Lot of Use

In trying to find some information about an Examining Attorney, I stumbled across a new (to me) site.  It is http://www.usptoexaminers.com.   According to USPTO Examiners, its mission is:
USPTO Examiners is a website designed for professionals to anonymously review, rank, and learn about a patent examiner or a trademark examining attorney who works at the [...]

BMS to Sell Unit

My former employer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., has announced it is selling its ConvaTec unit for $4.1 billion to two private equity firms:  Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners.  ConvaTec had been Bristol-Myers’ ostomy and surgical equipment.
Apparently, cash will be used to help finance Bristol-Myers’s strategy to shift its focus to biopharmaceuticals.  

2007 a Record Year

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 2007 was a record year for international trademark filings.  According to the organization, 39,945 international trademark applications were filed in 2007. 
Applicants from Germany, for the 15th consecutive year, led the list of top filers, followed by users in France, the United States of America (USA) and the [...]

Lacoste Loses Crocodile Dispute

A Gloucestershire dental practice has defeaed fashion chain giant Lacoste in a dispute over a crocodile trademark.
The two dentists - Drs. Tim Rumney and Simon Moore - were challenged by the French clothing giant after using a grinning reptile as the logo on their office’s welcome sign.
Lacoste claimed the cartoon crocodile was too similar to their [...]

Big vs. Little

2005 winner of the television show  "Hell’s Kitchen" is now facing a trademark lawsuit by one of the world’s largest recording labels.
Chef Terry Miller shot to fame on television series Hell’s Kitchen, when he won praise for his signature dish named Rockafella.
The prawn and mash creation then inspired the name of the Newcastle restaurant he [...]

Wyeth Sues Over Patent

Following Teva Pharmaceuticals USA’s announcement that it would launch a pantoprazole tablet, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, said that it would pursue a patent infringement claim for lost profits and other damages against Teva.

Got Pus?

The California Milk Processor Board takes issue with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (”PETA”) new campaign.  One of PETA’s current campaigns asks, “Got Pus?  Milk Does.” to draw attention to what it says are dangerous levels of somatic cells — pus — in much of the milk sold in this country. The pus [...]

P&G Gets Warning Letter

Yesterday, the FDA ordered Procter & Gamble to stop advertising that its Vicks foaming sanitizer for hands (product here) prevents the spread of viruses (that cause colds.
The FDA is reviewing health claims for over-the-counter antiseptics made by P& G, Johnson & Johnson and other companies. While the active ingredient in the Vicks product, triclosan, is [...]

Baby Come Out of the Corner

Lionsgate Studios has filed lawsuits against several companies selling merchandise featuring the phrase “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” from the hit film, “Dirty Dancing”.
The suit, filed August 15 in Los Angeles District Court, claims 15 companies including Uncommongoods.com in New York, Lucky Lou Boutique in Fishers, Ind., and Duck Duck Goose in Troy, Ohio, [...]

Whose Cross to Bear?

Pharma giant Johnson & Johnson (”J&J”) has sued charitable organization the American Red Cross for trademark infringement.
The Red Cross has been selling first aid kits commercially in the United States since 1903. Until now, J&J has never challenged this activity. In fact, for over 100 years, J&J and the Red Cross have enjoyed their concurrent [...]

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