No Quicky for Nestlé

Nestlé has lost its appeal of OHIM’s upholding of an opposition to Nestlé’s application to register Quicky for its chocolate-flavored Nesquick product. However, Belgium Quick Restaurants SA, which uses Quick and Quickies for its hamburgers, opposed claiming Nestlé’s Quicky would cause confusion among the public, that Nestlé’s Quicky could cause confusion in the minds [...]

The “N” Word…

…or close enough.
According to this article, actor and comedian Damon Wayans has been engaged with a battle at the USPTO to register the mark Nigga for a line of clothing and for retail store services.
According to Wayans’s applications, Wayans wants to dress customers in 14 kinds of Nigga attire from tops to bottoms, and use [...]

“Bin Laden” Not Accepted as CTM

The EU’s Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market (”OHIM”) has refused a trademark application to register the mark Binladin for clothing. OHIM refused registration on the grounds that “the name was contrary to public policy and accepted principles of morality.”
The applicant is Falcon Sporting Goods. The Binladin trademark is closely [...]

Stitch and Bitch

Local New York knitting shop owner, Elissa Meyrich, is taking on … well…the world, or a small portion off it. In 1997, she claims she began a knitting club and called it Stitch and Bitch. Now that such knitting clubs have become en vogue throughout the country, Meyrich is taking action.
First, she insisted [...]

FIFA Beats Ferrero

Fifa has secured a landmark victory in a World Cup trademark row with confectionery company Ferrero.
Ferrero challenged EU rules banning companies unofficially associating themselves with next year’s World Cup in Germany.
However, the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market ruled its attempts to register 11 marks, which included terms such as “World Cup Germany”, were [...]

And No. 7 Million Goes To …

DuPont’s John P. O’Brien. Patent, that is. On February 14th - yes, Valentine’s Day, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued the 7th millionth patent for “polysaccharide fibers” and a process for their production. The fibers have cotton-like properties, are biodegradable and are useful in textile applications.
Some other random facts:
- Patent No. [...]