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RUSSIA: LIQUOR FIRM WINS TRADEMARKS FOR CHAMPAGNE & VODKA:
Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) recently accepted an application filed by liquor firm Soyuzplodoimport to trademark “Soviet Champagne” and “Russian Vodka”. Rospatent agreed with the firm that the terms were commonly known. Soyuzplodoimport’s CEO, Vladimir Loginov, says that his company filed for the trademarks prior to Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organisation, which is scheduled for September 2006. Once Russia becomes a WTO member its registered trademarks will receive extra protection worldwide. Soyuzplodoimport is also seeking to have the vodka brand name “Stolichnaya” and “Moskovskaya” declared commonly known.
Source: Just do IP Issue 292 / dt 16-09-2005.

SOUTH AFRICA: TRADEMARK SPAT OVER RUGBY RIGHTS DENIED:
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) and its publishing partner Highbury Safika Media are currently engaged in discussions concerning Highbury’s entitlement to use the “SA RUGBY” trademark in its “RA Rugby Magazine”. A degree of tension between the two entities had been reported over the use of the trademark during negotiations to extend Highbury’s contract, which expires in 2007. The Union responded by saying that, “Currently, the trademark is a discussion point and contrary to media speculation we have made no threats and Highbury have made no demands.”
Source: Just do IP Issue 292 / dt 16-09-2005.

SOUTH KOREA: EXAM QUESTIONS SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT PROTECTION:
In a recent decision, the Seoul Central District Court has ruled that school exam questions are subject to copyrights protection. The court was responding to an application for provisional disposition filed by teachers at 32 Korean high schools to bar a private educational service provider from selling their questions over the Internet. The questions were deemed by the court to be creative products under South Korea’s copyright protection law. Lawsuits against private educational institutes for infringing copyrights and school integrity are now anticipated.
Source: Just do IP Issue 292 / dt 16-09-2005.

UK: GOOGLE COULD FACE LEGAL ACTION OVER GMAIL TRADEMARK:
Independent Intellectual Investment Research (IIIR), which claims ownership of the Gmail trademark, has announced that it may take action against Google regarding its Gmail wed-based email service. IIIR maintains that it holds a prior right to the trademark, saying that its ownership of the trademark predates the launch of Google’s Gmail service by around two years. IIIR has called on Google to recongnise its right to the trademark and to agree to licensing terms.
Source: Just do IP Issue 292 / dt 16-09-2005.

US: APPLE APPLIES TO REGISTER “IPODCAST”:

Apple has registered an application to trademark the term “iPodCast”. The application apparently “casts as wide a net as possible over which markets the trademark would cover”. Some observes have suggested that through the application, the company is seeking to make podcasting into a proprietary Apple property.
Source: Just do IP Issue 292 / dt 16-09-2005.

US: TRADEMARK CASE BETWEEN GEICO AND GOOGLE RESOLVED:
The case between Geico (Government Employees Insurance Co), the US car insurer and Google, the online search engine over Google’s online advertising method has been resolved “to the mutual satisfaction of the parties”. Geico’s lawsuit objected to the system employed by Google that displayed rivals’ ads when Internet searchers entered “Geico” as a search term on the Google search engine. The practice, Geico claimed, constituted a breach of its trademark.
Source: Just do IP Issue 292 / dt 16-09-2005.

 

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