Medicines: Public confusion as to medical confusion?

Chemicals or the rearrangement of atoms comprise everything on Earth and as Humans we are very succeptable to chemical imbalance given the chemicals in the food that we consume and the polluted air that we breath but Chemical Medicines in themselves can create imbalances too...

US Olympic Committee's history of lawsuits against non profit organisations

What do robots, lab rats, rappers and pet ferrets have in common? They've all come under fire from the U.S. Olympic Committee for using the word "Olympics."Trademark infringement is proving to be an "Olympic" sport as the United States Olympic Committee has threatened to sue...

Japan concerned at geographical names becoming Chinese trademarks

" TOKYO — Japan has decided to step up its efforts to protect Japanese place names, such as Kyoto and Hiroshima, from being registered as trademarks in China, government officials said Wednesday. As the Chinese and Japanese languages share many kanji characters, an...

Sir Edmund Hillary Released from Hospital in New Zealand

  Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Everest is Home again.It was announced that he was released just hours ago, although there is no news about why he was admited. Sir Edmund is 88 and he had...

Washington Complains to WTO over China Piracy

Somehow I don't think the Chinese government will cave to Washington's threats, and I'm not sure how they could comply to the US's satisfaction, knowing what we know about how piracy works (it's not really state-sponsored!), and how hard it is to stop. Exacerbating this is...

Woman Fakes Death to Avoid Paying Speeding Ticket

I would think that such drastic measures would be far more trouble than they'd be worth, though it's an excellent way to end up in the newspaper."A Welsh woman has drawn a suspended jail sentence for faking her own death in order to avoid going to court for a speeding...

Apple, Beatles Bury Hatchet

"Apple and The Beatles ’ company Apple Corps announced today that the parties have entered into a new agreement concerning the use of the name “Apple”. Under this new agreement, Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to “Apple” and will license certain of...

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Barbie, Veuve Clicquot lose trademark battles

"The Supreme Court broke the heart of the world's most famous doll Friday morning, ruling that Mattel Inc. does not have the exclusive right to use the Barbie name. In a ground-breaking intellectual property...

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