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Anson Williams

He founded Starmaker Products, a cosmetics company, and was a featured speaker at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's National Trademark Expo in April 2008, at which he talked about the importance of registered trademarks for small businesses (and signed autographs for Happy Days fans).

Billy Jayne

In the late 90s he began to star in and direct big budget commercials for trademarks such as Dr Pepper, Nokia, Snickers and AT&T.

Burger King v. Rudzewicz

Due to an economic downturn, the defendants were unable to make their monthly payments to Burger King, prompting the Florida-based corporation to file a lawsuit in Florida for breach of contract and infringement of Burger King's trademarks and service marks through the defendants' unauthorized operation as a Burger King restaurant after the defendants received notice to vacate the premises.

Charactron

The technical expertise, and trademarks, for the Charactron ultimately passed to Stromberg-Carlson, General Dynamics, Stromberg DatagraphiX, Anacomp, and finally Lexel Imaging Systems.

Clam AntiVirus

Sourcefire, now acquired by Cisco, a maker of intrusion detection products and the owner of Snort, announced on 17 August 2007 that it had acquired the trademarks and copyrights to ClamAV from five key developers.

Coby Electronics Corporation

Due to severe financial problems following a contract dispute with Philips, on August 16, 2013, Coby Electronics Corporation went out of business, with Gordon Brothers Group acquiring inventory, fixtures, equipment, intellectual property, global trademarks and patents.

Dead Rising

The MKR Group, who holds the copyright to both the 1978 Dawn of the Dead film and its 2004 remake, sent letters on February 6, 2008 to Capcom, Microsoft, and Best Buy, claiming that Dead Rising infringes on the copyrights and trademarks of these films.

Dennis Toeppen

In 1999, US congress made it illegal to knowingly register websites containing trademarks with the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

Deutsche Bank Twin Towers

Dr. Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG, explained that “These towers are not just Frankfurt landmarks, they are also trademarks of a Deutsche Bank that is strong, aware of its social responsibility, and globally-oriented but still has its roots in Frankfurt and Germany. These towers stand, in the truest sense of the word, for Deutsche Bank. We are truly at home here.”

Intellectual property law in Mexico

In 1889, during the presidency of Porfirio Díaz, this law was replaced by the “Law of manufacturing trademarks” which had French influence.

Kid Pix

Kid Pix and all of the intellectual property, trademarks and copyrights associated with it are owned by Software MacKiev.

OtterBox

Otterbox products are also covered by multiple trademarks awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and by other countries.

Pimp That Snack

Initially known as 'Pimp My Snack', the site changed name during May 2006 following contact from Viacom legal representatives, who claimed that the name of the website was an infringement on trademarks relating to their Pimp My Ride television program.

Popular Holdings

In 2009, Popular expanded its retail network through granting its Myanmar partner, City Mart Holding Co Ltd, an exclusive license to operate the business of retailing products under the Popular trademarks in the cities of Yangon and Mandalay in Myanmar.

Puerto Rico Department of State

The Department of State is statutorily charged with the operation of Puerto Rico's Trademarks Office, the Corporate Registry, the Commercial Transactions (UCC) Registry, the Puerto Rico Office of Protocol, International and Interstate Relations, the Passport Acceptance Offices and providing support to twenty professional examining boards and the Office of the Intellectual Property Registrar.

Shield Mark BV vs Joost Kist

Four of those trademarks consist of a musical stave with the first nine notes of the musical composition "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Springfield Armory, Inc.

The company's motto, "The First Name in American Firearms" refers to the usage of the Springfield Armory name and trademarks acquired by Ballance and later transferred to the Reeses.

Supplemental Register

It was established in 1946 by Subchapter II of the Lanham Act, to allow the domestic registration of trademarks that do not meet all the requirements for registration on the Principal Register, so that the holder(s) of such a mark could register it in another country.

Systemax

On January 6, 2008, Systemax Inc. announced an agreement on the acquisition of the Miami-based CompUSA brand, trademarks, and e-commerce business, and as many as 16 CompUSA retail outlets in Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico.

On May 13, 2009, Circuit City announced it would sell its intellectual property, including its trademarks, brand name, and internet domain, to Systemax for $14 million.

The Label: The Story of Columbia Records

As Sony only had a temporary license on the CBS Records name, it then acquired the rights to the Columbia trademarks outside the U.S., Canada and Japan (Columbia Graphophone) from EMI, which generally had not been used by them since the early 1970s.

The Uncle Al Show

In the summer of 1949, then-General Manager Mort Watters asked Lewis (hired on two months earlier as WCPO's first art director) to host an hour-long filler show called Al's Corner Drugstore, in which Lewis, dressed in a soda jerk's uniform, would take phone-in requests for songs which he would play on his accordion, which would later become one of his many trademarks along with his straw boater hat.

Wacaday

In fact, many of Timmy's trademarks, such as his giant pink mallet, Magic, Pinky Punky (introduced in 1990) and Timmy's 'bleugh!' catchphrase originated on Wacaday.


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