554 blog results for "trademark"

Microblogging service Plurk says a service Microsoft recently launched in China "rips off" its user interface as well as 80 percent of the underlying code.

Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried

q&a Beth Noveck, the Obama administration's deputy chief technology officer, has been a principal contributor to the Open Government directive.

Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman

The U.S. agency will accelerate review of green technology patent requests in an effort to perk up economic development in the nascent industry.

Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica

Civil suit alleges that Pacific WebWorks and others are ripping people off with fake work-at-home ads using Google's name and unauthorized credit card charges.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

Linux is not simply a great way to lower costs for enterprises: Linux Foundation exec Jim Zemlin says it is the critical component for transforming the technology industry.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

AT&T and Verizon Wireless have dismissed lawsuits against each other claiming their advertisements were misleading.

Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon

Following a settlement agreement with Apple, Psystar's Mac OS-loaded hardware is no longer available on its site.

Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg

Apple's ongoing copyright infringement dispute with Mac clone maker Psystar has all but wrapped up with a big message to clone makers: "Don't even try!"

Posted in MacFixIt by Topher Kessler

Details are sketchy and there's no confirmation from Apple, but Psystar claims in a filing that a partial settlement has been reached in the copyright infringement case, according to reports.

Posted in News - Apple by Lance Whitney

The terms Netbook and smartbook have been the object of legal wrangling. Germany-based Smartbook, in defending its trademark, offers a lesson in gratuitous naming schemes.

Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers