Happy New Year!

To all of our Clients, Colleagues and Readers:

We take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very happy and healthy new year!

Worst Products of 2007

This is a great article (for lack of a better word) about the best and worst products of 2007.
My favorite:

The newest creation from the Heart Attack Grill in Tempe, Ariz., features 2 pounds of beef, 12 slices of bacon, and 4 layers of cheese. But it’s not the 8,000 calories that we really have a [...]

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 [...]

Japan to Lower IP Fees

In an effort to reduce costs to companies and promote innovation, Japan is considering reducing fees for trademark and patent filings.
If the plans are realized, fees for patent applications and maintenance would be cut by 12 pct on average, and trademark fees would be reduced by 43 pct, according to the officials.
The total cost [...]

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.

Careful What You Say…

After Sega fans began speculating that Sega’s recently refiled U.S. trademark application for DREAMCAST signaled a relaunch of Sega’s DreamCast video game console. [Sega had exited the console market and has been developing games for other gaming consoles.] In order to set the record straight, Sega of America’s PR director Charlie Scibetta, explains [...]

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 [...]