Trademark

US denies Apple's application for 'iPad Mini' trademark

1 Apr 2013

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has denied Apple's application for a trademark to safeguard its widely popular iPad mini tablet, saying the case to own the phrase was too weak.

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City Digest, March 11, 2013

11 Mar 2013

Roadside air pollution levels remained very high at all three monitoring stations yesterday. The air pollution index at Causeway Bay peaked at 160, while readings in Mong Kok and Central reached...

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Paper talk

9 Mar 2013

Fish paste sold in Wellcome supermarkets is found to be produced in a filthy house in Lok Ma Chau. And the house, swamped with rats and flies, is said to belong to businessman Kwok Chi-yau, a...

2:31AM

Moet subsidiary in legal battle over Krug trademark

9 Mar 2013

MHCS SCS has sought an injunction against international wine auctioneer Acker Merrall & Condit Asia to stop the wine auctioneer from infringing on its trademark for Krug champagne.

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Alibaba writ claims four Hong Kong companies stole its names

3 Feb 2013

Alibaba, which runs the popular online shipping site Taobao, is suing Officeplus Company for using the Chinese characters for Taobao in its company name.

5:36AM

Louboutin wins US court appeal in battle over right to red soles

7 Sep 2012

French shoemaker Christian Louboutin can trademark his famous red soles, a United States court has ruled, reversing a previous ruling that had allowed rival Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) to paint its...

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Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

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5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

7:12AM

Winding road to iPad deal

Soon after news broke yesterday of Apple's US$60 million payment to settle the legal dispute over the iPad's mainland Chinese trademarks, the company sent out new flyers online to promote its...

7:09PM

Judgment sought in iPad IP dispute

While sales of its new iPad are trending upwards, Apple appears to be fortifying its legal position over the media tablet's trademark.

10:36AM

Platform for professionals

HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL LICENSING SHOW

4:56AM

Lai See

Where did all that financial talent go?

9:29AM

Huawei sues ZTE over trademarks

Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp, the mainland's two-largest telecommunications equipment makers, are set to fight over patent and trademark-infringement lawsuits filed in Europe.

8:56AM

9 guilty over forged brands on canned food

Nine people and four companies were convicted yesterday in the District Court of possessing 140,000 cans of food bearing forged trademarks for sale. The defendants were arrested by customs...

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