tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post4400567849768358582..comments2024-03-19T13:13:18.609+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Patenting them darned pesky names again ...; Tell it to the Marines, Part 2Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-58091565319324719182007-01-31T12:58:00.000+00:002007-01-31T12:58:00.000+00:00At least Ms Bartiromo's lawyers appear to be doing...At least Ms Bartiromo's lawyers appear to be doing their job properly. I notice 8 new applications in her name (ranging from serial #77083967 to #77084008), all filed at the US Patent and Trademark Office on 16 January 2007. She might, however, have a problem with existing registered rights in the same name owned by an Australian fruit machine company (Registration #2952592), and in the name "Muni $ Huni", registered by a Californian textile company (Registration #3002677).David Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336561458060095886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-47229600132982667932007-01-31T12:41:00.000+00:002007-01-31T12:41:00.000+00:00well... maybe the name does have a technical effec...well... maybe the name does have a technical effect capable of industrial application. But, I fear the UKIPO might object on the basis of public morality.<br /><br />rjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-48951711559532121192007-01-31T11:48:00.000+00:002007-01-31T11:48:00.000+00:00The Patent Office site had a most useful downloada...The Patent Office site had a most useful downloadable booklet : "Journalists' Guide to Intellectual Property". Sadly it does not seem to be there any more. More sadly few journalists seem to have read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com