HBO calls Trump’s Game of Thrones-tinged tweet a “misappropriation” of trademark

Enlarge / HBO is none too pleased about President Trump’s Friday tweet. (credit: HBO) Friday morning, President Trump used Twitter to issue a rare kind of foreign-policy announcement: a slogan lifted from a pop-culture meme, repurposed to vaguely suggest future political action. And it drew criticism from one significant party: HBO, who cited its “trademark” […]

Trademark Foreshadows Launch of GM Subscription Service ‘DriveScription’

While we’ve bashed them for being one of the most expensive ways to acquire a vehicle, automotive subscription plans have becoming increasingly popular among premium nameplates. General Motors already has one exclusively for Cadillac but it appears that it’s setting up another for its less illustrious brands. Late last month, the automaker filed a trademark application […]

Mercedes applies for 'C 53' trademark

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Plimsoll Gear, which sells T-shirts with icon, threatens trademark lawsuit

Enlarge (credit: Darren Hillman) A California-based maritime news website, gCaptain (which also happens to sell T-shirts with the 150-year-old shipping icon known as the Plimsoll Line) has been threatened with a strange trademark lawsuit by another website known as Plimsoll Gear. The owner of gCaptain, John Konrad, told Ars that this proposed litigation is “crazy.” […]

Subaru moves to trademark the name … Evoltis

Subaru’s advancing to the electrified frontier, and it’s reportedly picking a name for its plug-in hybrid. That name is said to be “Evoltis.” While Evoltis sounds about as engaging as “Avensis” (Toyota) or “Magentis” (Kia), at least it’s not as clunky as “Levorg” (an Aussie Subaru nameplate). Then again, when naming a child you should […]

McLaren granted trademark for ‘McLaren GT,’ but is even a car?

Last year McLaren Automotive Limited applied to trademark the name “McLaren GT” in the U.S. and the UK. Last week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the request. It’s tempting to wonder if we’re looking at the name of the new McLaren monster car, the three-seat road-going Ultimate Series offering so far known as […]

Alfa Romeo and FCA Trademark “Giulietta” with U.S. Patent Office

– Rumors of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta’s death may be greatly exaggerated: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles recently filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the long-running Italian car nameplate. – Filed by FCA last week, the trademark application signals an “intent to use” by the Italian-American company. Whether the Giulietta name […]

“Comic-Con” trademark may have to activate superpowers to survive attack

Enlarge / San Diego Comic-Con prepares for IP “genericide” warfare. (credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images) The future survival of the trademarked term “Comic-Con” is at stake. The trademark is facing its potential doom because of the legal fallout from the producers of the San Diego Comic-Con flexing their IP muscles. They sued a competing “Comic-Con” convention for […]

HTC trademark points to standalone VR headset’s name: Vive Focus

We’re expecting to find out more about HTC’s Vive-branded standalone VR headset in a few weeks’ time, but it looks like the name has already surfaced online. Lets Go Digital has uncovered two filings from HTC for a ‘head mounted display’ named Vive Focus. One is from the European Union Intellectual Property Office while the other […]

Has Shuey stolen Dusty’s trademark look?

Video Image Brogan: ‘It will be tough’2:43 AFL: The GWS Giants are not about to listen to the West Coast ‘haters,’ they know tonights game will be a tough one. September 16th 2017 9 hours ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/AFL/ Steve Johnson is back for GWS. The Daily Telegraph Share Share on Facebook Share on […]