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<title>Apple wins challenge to 'iBooks' trademark in court battle</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/09/small.press.had.use.ibooks.for.imprint.never.registered.trademark/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368150565_BlackTower-Apple-iBooks-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Of the many contentious and complex legal battles Apple has had to fight, some are easier to sort out than others. In a New York courtroom on Wednesday, Judge Denise Cote -- who is also handling the complicated battle between Apple and the Department of Justice over e-book pricing -- made short work of a trademark dispute between Apple and a small-press publisher of sci-fi and horror novels. At is...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mexican Supreme Court rules against Apple, 'iFone' prevails</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/15/ruling.does.not.prohibit.iphone.sales.applies.to.telecommunications.services/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1363384692_iphonestack-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A ruling handed down by the Mexican Supreme Court has upheld November's lower court decision that Apple cannot register the "iPhone" trademark in the country for marketing telecommunications services. In its decision, the court sided with a native Mexican company that runs a small call center under the name iFone SA. The company expects the ruling to enhance a trademark infringement suit in which ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple close to deal with Brazilian 'iPhone' name holder</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/Foxconn-Brazil-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple and the holder of the trademark "iPhone" in Brazil, tech firm IGB Electrônica SA, are allegedly in talks to resolve a legal dispute that has seen the latter company release its own "iPhone" in the emerging market of Brazil. The firm, formerly known as IGB Gradiente, won a protracted court fight to the exclusive use of the name "iPhone" after it filed for the mark in 2000, years before Apple ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple applies for iPad design trademark in China</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/21/protection.would.cover.possible.future.color.options.as.well/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1212/Apple-iPad-and-mini-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The maker of the iPad has filed applications in China to secure a design trademark on the iconic tablet, perhaps in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the legal battles with Samsung over the "rectangle with rounded corners" look of many of the rival firm's copycat devices. While many manufacturers manage to make tablets that don't obviously look like an iPad, Samsung in particular has made a cottag...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco sued over 'Tomorrow Starts Here' advertising campaign</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/11/east.carolina.university.claims.trademark.infringed.by.cisco/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/ciscodpc3000.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Cisco is being sued for trademark infringement over one of its marketing campaigns. East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina has announced the start of legal proceedings in a federal court, over the use of the slogan 'Tomorrow Starts Here' in a Cisco campaign shown on television, print publications, augmented reality, and also online....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Current Mac startup chime receives trademark from USPTO</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/12/apple.used.various.sounds.over.years.latest.from.1999/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355354003_Apple-StartupChime-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[While musical notes themselves cannot be patented, a combination of notes and realization of them that form a distinct and recognizable sound can be -- and the US Patent and Trademark Office has now officially granted a registered trademark to Apple for the current (and in use since 1999) startup chime. The sound turns out to be a slightly flat G flat/F sharp combination, according to the trademar...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New China lawsuit goes after Apple for 'Snow Leopard' name</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/02/holder.of.xuebao.follows.proview.shakedown.ploy/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1206/Xuebao-trademark-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Just a day after Proview was able to wrangle $60 million out of Apple by not honoring its original handover of the iPad trademark, another copyright holder is attempting a shakedown of its own by suing Apple over a trademark of the Chinese translation of "Snow Leopard" ("Xuebao") that Apple never used. Remarkably, the case will go to court in Shanghai on July 10....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple settles Proview iPad trademark suit for $60 million</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/02/apple.gets.on.with.new.ipad.sales.in.china.following.settlement/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/ipad2-china2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has settled with Proview for $60 million over alleged infringement of the iPad trademark in China, according to Reuters. Apple had claimed that it was the legal owner of the iPad trademark after buying naming rights from Proview in 2009 using a shell company. Although Apple has insisted its deal included the transfer of naming rights in mainland China, Proview asserted default control of the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Proview lawyer now says settlement 'likely' from Apple talks</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/24/key.factor.now.is.price.says.proview.attorney/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/Apple-Lawsuits%26Legal-new-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An attorney for bankrupt display maker Proview has told the Associated Press that court-mediated talks between Apple and Proview in the ongoing dispute over the iPad trademark will "likely" produce an out-of-court settlement, a solution the company claims it has been pushing for all along. Apple has steadfastly maintained -- and has documents to prove -- that it purchased the "iPad" trademark from...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Guangzhou court now hearing Apple appeal against Proview </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/29/could.be.decisive.battle.in.trademark.fight/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/Apple-Proview-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[What could be the final battle in the legal war between Apple and debt-ridden Proview Technology, the Higher People's Court of Guangzhou is hearing an appeal from the iPad maker over rights to the name "iPad" in China, which Apple says it bought from Proview but which Proview claims it didn't. While Apple has gotten the upper hand for the moment in preventing Proview from blocking iPad sales in Ch...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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