Firm wins big in trademark case

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Engineering Design & Sales Inc, a small company that manufactures battery chargers, won the right to continue using the EDS trademark that was challenged by Electronic Data Systems, a large General Motors subsidiary, in a case decided Jan 8, 1992 by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The court's criticism of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board was considered a significant victory for the firm's counsel, Susan Freya Olive. The case also showed that a small law firm could be effective.

Data processing and preparation, Computer integrated systems design, Practice, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Olive, Susan Freya, Engineering Design and Sales Inc.

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Plans are pending to spin off patent office: investors, trademark owners and their lawyers say government's rules put a 'tax on innovation.'

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Proposals for restructuring the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) range from turning it into a Post Office-style govt corporation, to closing the Commerce Dept and moving the PTO to the Justice Dept. The White House wants to create a new post for Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Policy. Among the problems inspiring these suggestions are difficulty hiring technical experts to review complex patents and congress's practice of using application fees for other purposes.

United States, Management, Intellectual property, United States. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent offices

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One year at the trademark bar: a diverse menu

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Trademark cases in 1991 covered many different areas. The federal district court in Manhattan found Random House guilty of trade dress infringement because its dictionary looked so much like Merriam-Webster's. A trade dress case between two Mexican restaurant chains was argued before the US Supreme Court. A 5th Circuit judge in Texas found Hard Rock Cafe International Inc guilty of infringement for using the 'Pig Sandwich' registration belonging to Texas Pig Stands.

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