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| Jan 2, 2026 | Calcomp: как культовый производитель электроники не смог пережить 90-ые | Компания Calcomp была основана в 1952 году в Калифорнии. Она прославилась как один из ведущих производителей плоттеров и других устройств для автоматизированного проектирования и графики. В 70-80-х Calcomp занимала лидирующие позиции на рын... |
| Oct 25, 2024 | The Rise and Fall of Ubisoft: A Tale of Franchises and Financial Woes | Ubisoft, a titan in the gaming industry, is facing turbulent waters. Once a beacon of creativity, the company now grapples with financial instability and franchise mismanagement. The recent dissolution of the development team behind "P... |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Герои меча и магии: как создавалась культовая серия видеоигр | Фэнтезийная и научно-фантастическая серия компьютерных игр «Герои меча и магии» включает в себя семь основных частей. Легендарная серия быстро завоевала сердца геймеров, но потом столкнулась с большими проблемами. Рассказываем в нашей стать... |
| May 25, 2022 | Not trademarking can be an Excruciatingly Expensive® and Wildly Annoying® mistake | I was recently talking to a startup that was airing its frustration over Apple’s Tracker Detect app that enables Android users to find nearby, unknown AirTags. The problem? The company TrackerDetect had been spending 2 years building up its... |
| Oct 8, 2018 | Ongoing SickRage Dispute Descends into Trademark War | With file-sharers manually acquiring increasingly large libraries of content, several years ago it became clear that software to automate the process would prove popular with the masses.
One such tool was Sick Beard, a PVR-like piece of sof... |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Durham-based Cureate Raises $1.8M, Seeks Another $2.6 Million | Cureate LLC has raised $1.8 million, according to a Form D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission filed Tuesday.
The company aims to raise another $2.6 million, according to the filing.
The company trademarked ‘Cureate’ with the... |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Durham-based Cureate Raises $1.8M, Seeks Another $2.6 Million | Cureate LLC has raised $1.8 million, according to a Form D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission filed Tuesday.
The company aims to raise another $2.6 million, according to the filing.
The company trademarked ‘Cureate’ with the... |
| Feb 12, 2018 | Apple, LG and Valve did not invest in OLED display maker eMagin | Update: A source very close to Apple says that the company has not invested in OLED display maker eMagin — and, according to a statement eMagin has now also published, nor have Valve and LG:
“eMagin Corporation, or the “Company,” (NYSE Amer... |
| Sep 20, 2017 | SpaceX might name its satellite broadband internet service ‘Starlink’ | SpaceX has previously discussed its plans to put a satellite-based broadband Internet network into operation, as a way of supplementing its bottom line with a brand new revenue stream. Now, we know what SpaceX might call its new broadband p... |
| Sep 17, 2017 | Kodi ‘Trademark Troll’ Has Interesting Views on Co-Opting Other People’s Work | The Kodi team, operating under the XBMC Foundation, announced last week that a third-party had registered the Kodi trademark in Canada and was using it for their own purposes.
That person was Geoff Gavora, who had previously been in communi... |
| Feb 27, 2017 | Durham’s TrackX Technologies Raises $4.6 Million in Equity | Durham-based biotechnology company TrackX Technology LLC reported it sold a $4.6 million equity stake in the company.
The portion of equity has 23 investors in total, and the company said it would use the proceeds for “working capital, whic... |
| Feb 27, 2017 | Durham’s TrackX Technologies Raises $4.6 Million in Equity | Durham-based biotechnology company TrackX Technology LLC reported it sold a $4.6 million equity stake in the company.
The portion of equity has 23 investors in total, and the company said it would use the proceeds for “working capital, whic... |
| Feb 21, 2017 | Epic Launches App Orchard to Create ‘Easier Developer Experience’ | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Epic Systems, which sells software for managing health records that is used to care for 190 million patients around the world, has introduced a new program that the company sa... |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Super Slimey: Comodo Tries To Trademark 'Let's Encrypt' [Updated] | See the update at the end |
| Jun 14, 2016 | Concussion Protocol: Can You Tell The Difference Between Soda And One Half Of A Football Team? | There are a surprising number of really dumb trademark disputes involving professional sports, what with athletes jumping at the chance to trademark their nicknames and phrases, and that really dumb 12th Man thing. But even this cynical wri... |
| Jan 8, 2016 | Sony tries to trademark Let’s Play and pisses off the Internet | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In the video game industry, it doesn’t take a lot... |
| Dec 4, 2015 | Insert Snarky Subtweet About Twitter Trademarking Subtweet | Yes. This a trademark application filed on October 30 for the term “subtweet.”
Twitter has filed a trademark for the term "subtweet." pic.twitter.com/ivE9hLDm2R
— Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) December 4, 2015
If you’re not sure what ... |
| May 14, 2015 | The Phrase “Emo Night” Has Been Approved for Trademark | You may remember two months ago, we reported on Taking Back Tuesday, a group of three LA transplants who applied for a trademark of the phrase “emo night” for their monthly evening of playing Brand New songs off an iPad in a public venue. W... |
| May 12, 2015 | Stealthy Atia Medical lands $5m Series B round | Stealthy Atia Medical said it raised $5 million in a Series B round, with the 1st $3 million tranche coming from Medvance Incubator Partners.
Atia Medical is a portfolio company of Campbell, Calif.-based medical device incubator Shifamed, w... |
| Feb 25, 2015 | Google Removes “Launchpad” Apps After Trademark Complaint | The word “launchpad” has many meanings, but in the world of mobile apps it has become an established term to describe apps that allow people to create music simply by clicking on the screen.
Over the years hundreds of “launchpad” apps have ... |
| Jan 29, 2015 | MPAA Trademark Forces “Rated R” Beer To Drop Its Name | The MPAA is best known for its efforts to protect the rights of the major movie studios. However, the group also has some intellectual property of its own to defend.
A few weeks ago the MPAA sent a cease and desist letter to Minneapolis bee... |
| Sep 19, 2014 | Developer Registers “Popcorn Time” Trademark to Prevent Abuse | The Popcorn Time phenomenon is one of the biggest piracy stories of the year thus far.
The software amassed millions of users by offering BitTorrent-powered streaming in an easy-to-use Netflix-style interface.
The original app was shut down... |
| Sep 2, 2014 | KlearGear Apparently Healthier Than Ever, Announces Plans To Start F**cking Customers Through Amazon Fulfillment | In what may come as a surprise to no one, KlearGear’s parent “company,” Descoteaux Boutiques, has decided to rid itself of the toxic online retailer. But it’s not because of horrible policies, nonexistent customer service or the $300,000 ju... |
| May 5, 2014 | Apple's iWatch Mystery Continues with Korean Trademark Filing
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Search | Apple's patent pending invention for a possible smartwatch describes a wrist band computer that goes far beyond just being a watch which is something that would distinguish it from anything Swatch currently offers. Secondly, Apple's use of ... |
| Apr 2, 2014 | Hot Mouse On Mau5 Action! Disney To Challenge Deadmau5's Latest Trademark Filing | Disney is the country’s foremost copyright enthusiast, going so far as to have a law unofficially named for its most famous character, one whose very existence ensures the march towards copyright protection in perpetuity. But Disney is no s... |
| Mar 13, 2014 | Company Claiming Rights To “Flappy” Trademark Now Sending Notices To App Store Game Developers | This was bound to happen. A company calling itself “Ultimate Arcade” is attempting to trademark the word “Flappy,” following the fervor around the viral App Store game, “Flappy Bird,” whose disappearance led to the creation of hundreds of c... |
| Jan 3, 2014 | Board Game Manufacturer Attempts To Take Down App Over The Use Of The Words 'Would You Rather' | A nearly literal war of words has erupted online, prompted by a trademark dispute. The words in question? “Would you rather.” |
| Oct 2, 2013 | Etsy’s new transparency policies for sellers // $4M for a juicer? [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting funded?
$100 million is just the beginning for Common Bond.
A company called Juicero raised a $4 million, according to SEC filings. They may be an electronic juicing company, we’ll see if any technology will be coming to your ... |
| Aug 20, 2013 | Tesla's 2017 car may be called the Model E | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
From the ridiculous to the intriguing, today is a... |
| May 30, 2013 | SuperCalendar Aims To Fix Your Scheduling Woes With A Mix Of Tech And ‘Superhuman’ Power | “I completely forgot that we were supposed to meet today, I’m sorry.”
“I swore that I put it on the calendar.”
“My dog got sick.”
“My dog ate my calendar. Then he got sick.”
“Ugh. I blew it.”
These are excuses that I you may have given rece... |
| May 8, 2013 | Disney Wants Trademark On Dia De Los Muertos To Sell You Fruit Snacks | So, hey, remember that one time that Disney thought it’d be a pretty sweet idea to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden by applying for trademarks on Seal Team 6’s name so they could apparently sell snow globes? Pretty much everyone who c... |
| Apr 30, 2013 | Social Commerce / Photo Sharing Network Lockerz Launching Ador, A New Fashion Site | Looks like Lockerz, the social commerce and photo sharing service, may be moving on to yet another chapter in its life.
After laying off 30% of its Seattle HQ staff, closing down its San Diego office, and shutting down its Plixi photo shari... |
| Apr 30, 2013 | What’s up with Lockerz? Heavily-funded startup mum on new fashion site Ador | Lockerz appears to be unlocking its next chapter. The Seattle social commerce startup is behind a service called Ador, a new online fashion site where shoppers can “get new arrivals & sales alerts from your favorite stores.”
A job posti... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Trademarkia Rebrands As LegalForce To Offer Online Legal Services, Opens Retail Location For In-Person Consultations | Search engine Trademarkia, which launched at TechCrunch50 in 2009, is rebranding as LegalForce to offer a comprehensive legal services platform. The new company is also opening of LegalForce BookFlip, a brick-and-mortar retail store in down... |
| Dec 21, 2012 | Amazon may launch its own ‘AppleCare’ extended warranty service | Online retail giant Amazon’s next big business move may be in launching a new extended warranty business for high-end electronics, according to information in a recently filed trademark application.
The patent application’s specific purpose... |
| Dec 21, 2012 | Amazon may launch its own ‘AppleCare’ extended warranty service | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Online retail giant Amazon’s next big business move may be in launching a new extended warranty business for high-end electronics, acco... |
| Aug 15, 2012 | US Women's Gymnastics Team Decides Self-Chosen Nickname 'Fierce Five' Needs Trademark Protection | Is anyone else out there excited to hear about athletes trademarking nicknames? Anyone? Or is it just another one of those things that seems to go hand-in-hand with buying defensive patents by the bucket-load and fending off onerous members... |
| Jun 1, 2012 | Startups Vs. Startups: App Developer Gets Sued By Lightbank-Backed WhosHere | So here’s a story that hopefully will be an eye-opener for entrepreneurs and startups, while providing a painful peek into trademark harassment and the importance of due diligence. It goes a little something like this: About two years ago, ... |
| May 5, 2012 | BitTorrent Set To Rebrand Itself As Gyre? | A few days ago the latest uTorrent alpha release saw the light.
Among other things, the new version aims to make downloads even faster for users with high bandwidth connections.
But there was something else quite unique about the release. T... |
| Jan 24, 2012 | New Trademarkia Feature Exposes Biggest Trademark Bullies; Apple, Zynga Among Top Five | For a long time, it was easy to search for patents on the Web, but trademarks? Not so much. Thanks to startups like TechCrunch 50 grad Trademarkia, anyone can now do a simple keyword search and pick through each and every U.S. trademark fil... |
| Dec 28, 2011 | Trademark Watch: What Is “Yahoo Axis”? | Last Friday, troubled Internet giant Yahoo filed a new trademark application with the USPTO. I can’t find any record of an existing Yahoo product or service by the name, so I figured I should just throw it out here for all of you to specula... |
| Dec 20, 2011 | Don’t Let Your Company’s Sound Be Stolen, Trademark It With Trademarkia | Most people don’t realize you can trademark sounds. Intel’s chimes, Yahoo’s yodel, and Taco Bell’s bell toll are all locked down, but only about 700 sound trademarks exist. That means the signature sounds of tons of companies could be stole... |
| Oct 17, 2011 | Facebook files trademark for identity cards | Facebook has filed for a trademark for using its own name on business cards and something it refers to as “non-magnetically encoded” identification cards.
According to the filing, which was submitted earlier this year, it would also cover “... |
| Oct 15, 2011 | Are Facebook ID Cards In Our Future? | Facebook has filed for a trademark on the usage of “Facebook” on business cards and, more curiously, “non-magnetically encoded” ID cards among other things. If granted the trademark would protect using the word Facebook in the specified for... |
| Sep 26, 2011 | Trademark Watch: Windows Phone 7.5 Will “Put People First” | Microsoft has filed for a trademark on “Put People First”, the tagline it has recently attached to the imminent Windows Phone 7.5 update (often referred to as ‘Mango’), which is expected to roll out this or next week.
The new tagline has th... |
| Sep 17, 2011 | Microsoft Charm | Chew on this: two days after unveiling the developer preview of the next generation of its Windows operating system (“Hands On With Windows 8”), Microsoft filed a U.S. federal trademark registration for the word ‘CHARM’.
The description pro... |
| Sep 10, 2011 | In Battle Over The ‘Tweet’ Trademark, Twitter Sues Twittad | You may remember that back in July 2009, Twitter made a big stink about developers using the term ‘tweet’ in their Twitter apps. Oddly enough, while Twitter has long been trying to register the ‘tweet’ trademark in the United States, it has... |
| Jul 6, 2011 | Apple Obtains U.S. Trademark For '280'. Wait, What? | Apple last week obtained a U.S. trademark for ‘280’, Trademarkia records show. I was puzzled about that, until I saw the image that was submitted along with the trademark filing, which shows the maps icon Apple uses for its iOS navigation a... |
| Jun 14, 2011 | Twitter Is Now The Proud Owner Of Re-tweet.com | As of yesterday, Twitter is the new owner of the domain name re-tweet.com (placeholder webpage) although it doesn’t yet own retweet.com (currently used for some shady video monetization platform).
Hat tip goes to Fusible, which thinks Twitt... |
| Jun 13, 2011 | Microsoft NUAds: Engage With Xbox Kinect Game Ads Through Voice, Gestures | Last week, Microsoft filed for an interesting U.S. trademark for ‘NUADS’, describing it as:
Advertising services, namely, promoting and marketing the goods and services of others through online interactive video games by enabling consumers ... |
| May 27, 2011 | NY Stock Exchange Claims Trademark On Any Depiction Of Trading Floor, Threatens TPM | For quite some time now, we’ve been detailing the rise of “ownership society,” where misleading concepts like “intellectual property” have been so driven into the heads of some people, that they believe they can claim “ownership” of totally... |
| Apr 25, 2011 | Youwho Raises $5 Million To Show You Who You Are | Youwho, an Internet startup very much in stealth mode, has secured $5 million in funding, an SEC filing reveals.
We don’t know anything about the startup whatsoever at this point, apart from what we were able to piece together from a couple... |
| Apr 1, 2011 | 'Rachel Sequoia' And 'Share The Air' Were A Prank, But The Pitch Event Wasn't | It’s always feels sort of good to be able to de-bunk a prank on April Fools. Now most of us got that Rachel Sequoia’s insane startup pitch for ‘Share The Air’ was fake, but the event it took place at, the SEO-optimized Venture Capital Fundr... |
| Mar 2, 2011 | Apple Now Owns FaceTime.com (But Still Doesn't Own iPad.com) | When Apple first announced its video calling application FaceTime on June 7, 2010 at the WWDC event, in conjunction with the iPhone 4, it quickly became apparent that there was a potential trademark conflict with a company called FaceTime C... |
| Feb 24, 2011 | ChaCha Sues HTC Over HTC ChaCha | You could see this one coming from a couple of miles away: ChaCha, the questions and answers service provider, is suing smartphone maker HTC over trademark infringement. The lawsuit is obviously the result of HTC’s decision to name its rece... |
| Feb 13, 2011 | KindleLendingClub Forced By Amazon To Rebrand; Now BookLending.com | In early January, Amazon rolled out a feature that allows Kindle users to lend books to another Kindle user a for 14 day period. KindleLendingClub spawned from this feature as a way to connect people for lending their e-books. The service q... |
| Feb 4, 2011 | Trademark Database Trademarkia Debuts Automatic Activity Notifications | Search engine Trademarkia, which launched at TechCrunch50 in 2009, is an comprehensive database of over 6.5 million U.S. trademarks filed since 1870, including dead marks. Today, the database is launching a new feature that’s sure to be use... |
| Dec 23, 2010 | Apple Trademarks 'VoicePass', And I Just Nicknamed My iPhone For Them | In the spirit of my trademark watch this morning:
Earlier this week, Apple filed a U.S. trademark for ‘VOICEPASS’, in the ‘Construction and Repair Services’ category. Bloomberg casually mentioned the trademark filing earlier today, as did o... |
| Dec 23, 2010 | Is Microsoft Plotting A Yelp Competitor Named Postbox? | Earlier this year, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported that Microsoft, not just Google, made a serious attempt to acquire business directory and reviews site Yelp. According to “two people involved in the negotiations”, the Redmond software gia... |
| Dec 8, 2010 | Trademarkia helps you find social media impostors | Legal service engine Trademarkia just launched a service that allows companies to check whether someone is impersonating them on social networks.
Of course, you can check this stuff on your own, either by visiting each social network or by ... |
| Dec 5, 2010 | Twitter Goes After Twittersearch.com | Twitter late last week filed a UDRP complaint, notably its first ever since the company was founded, in an effort to obtain ownership over the (currently parked) domain name twittersearch.com – as you can see here.
Obviously, Twitter is rig... |
| Sep 28, 2010 | Twitter Makes A Run For "Bird In Flight" Design Trademark | After filing (renewed) applications for the words “tweet” and “twitter” recently, Twitter has now requested that its trademark “bird in flight” drawing becomes a genuine trademark as far as the United States goes, at least.
As you can see o... |
| Sep 1, 2010 | Twitter Makes Another Run For "Tweet", "Twitter" Trademarks | Back in July 2009, Twitter made a big stink about developers using the term “Tweet” in their Twitter apps. The Twitter API team had contacted a third-party developer—TweetKnot—informing the company that it had “grown uncomfortable” about th... |
| Aug 26, 2010 | Google Trademarks a Computer Called the Speedbook [Update] | While nosing around US Patent & Trademark Office databases, I came across something suggesting that Google (GOOG) plans more branded hardware. According to an application filed last week, though with a priority date of February 19, 2010... |
| Aug 26, 2010 | Guess Who Is Trying To Trademark The Word "Face"? (And Guess Who Is Trying To Stop It?) | When it comes to trademarks, Facebook is proving to be a bully. It is going after Teachbook in court for using a similar name, and already forced Placebook to change its name. But that is only half the story.
It is not just the word “book” ... |
| May 11, 2010 | Can We Make A Power Hour Drinking Game Around Ridiculous Trademark Disputes? | A whole bunch of folks have sent in variations on this story of how some guy, who started selling various products (DVDs and such) marketed around the phrase “power hour,” (based on the well-known drinking game called “power hour”) was able... |
| May 9, 2010 | Apple Files For "iTunes Live" Trademark | Apple has been filing applications for quite a number of trademarks lately, most of which get rigorously tracked and dissected by sites like PatentlyApple.com, among others. But somehow, the most recent applications filed by Apple trademark... |
| Apr 8, 2010 | Yahoo Wants "It's You" To Be Theirs | In September 2009, Yahoo announced that it would be kicking off a massive advertising campaign to try and revive its brand among Internet users around the globe. The campaign was (and is) centered around the “It’s You” catchphrase and aims ... |
| Mar 30, 2010 | Facebook Files For "Developer Garage" Trademark | Facebook has lately been ramping up efforts to obtain registered trademarks in the United States and other countries and regions for a number of products and services it offers or intends to offer in the future.
Fresh off the heels of apply... |
| Mar 27, 2010 | iThink Apple Still Has Plans For Those "iSlate" And "Magic Slate" Trademarks | Go to Apple.com. See that search box, top right? Type “iThing” or “iStuff” and you’ll find that there are no shortcuts to product or related pages – evidently because there are no Apple products called iThing or iStuff to find on the websit... |
| Mar 24, 2010 | Trademark Application For Facebook Credits Reveals Globe Coin Logo And Other Details | Add one more piece of evidence to all of those rumors about an impending launch of a Facebook virtual currency at the upcoming f8 conference in late April. Facebook recently applied for a trademark for its virtual currency platform, which i... |
| Feb 28, 2010 | Wordle In Trademark Trouble, Seeks Legal Advice | I have much love for Wordle. I’ve used the text cloud generator dozens of time for use in presentations, TechCrunch posts and random stuff ever since I discovered the tool.
But as of yesterday, the application is no longer available, and th... |
| Feb 11, 2010 | Yahoo Goes After Y.COM Trademark (Again) | On 12 January 2010, Yahoo applied for a trademark on Y.COM, a filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office reveals.
And this isn’t exactly the first time they’ve tried to secure that particular character mark: the company actua... |
| Feb 11, 2010 | Twitter Fences With Its "Tweet" Trademark Again | Back in July 2009, Twitter made a big stink about developers using the term “Tweet” in their Twitter apps. For instance, at the time, the Twitter API team contacted a third-party developer—TweetKnot—informing him that it had “grown uncomfor... |
| Feb 1, 2010 | Chegg Warns Rival BookRenter.com It Owns The Trademark To Being No. 1 | Who exactly is the market leader in textbook rentals is no longer just an academic debate. Online textbook rental service Chegg recently sent its rival BookRenter.co a lawyer letter (embedded below) demanding that it stop using the phrase “... |
| Jan 21, 2010 | The Nerve! ImageShack Tries To Trademark Twitpic | Twitpic might be in a bit of a pickle. In what looks like a cruel joke, its main competitor, ImageShack (the company behind the yFrog Twitter photo hosting service), went ahead and filed to trademark the name “Twitpic” before Twitpic did. A... |
| Jan 11, 2010 | Digg's New Head Of PR Comes Highly Recommended By Pandora | It took a little while, but Digg finally has a new head of PR. The company has hired Michele Husak, who previously held the same job at Pandora, the streaming music recommendation engine. According to her LinkedIn profile, she started the j... |
| Dec 29, 2009 | The Apple Tablet: Will It Be Called iSlate, iGuide, Or Something Else? | After discovering that Apple had registered iSlate.com in late 2006 (we dug a little deeper and found trademarks had been filed for ‘ISLATE’ in both the United States and Europe by a company that was most likely a dummy corporation set up b... |
| Sep 27, 2009 | From The TC50 DemoPit, Trademarkia (TM) Simplifies Trademark Search | On the Web there are easy ways to search patents, but trademarks are still lost in government websites that are not particularly search-friendly. One of the DemoPit companies that launched at TechCrunch50 is addressing this problem with a w... |
| Tesla registers ‘Model E’ trademark, could this be the $25-35K electric sedan for everyone? | According to a recent trademark application, Tesla has applied for the name ‘Model E’. The name would seem to fit in its recent lineup of cars including the Model S Sedan and Model X SUV/Crossover.
This is a brand page for the MODEL E trade... |
| Tesla obtained the trademark for “SUPERPACK” | Last week, Tesla unveiled their new battery packs for residential, commercial and utility scale use. During the event, Elon Musk talked about the “Powerwall”, a battery pack aimed at residential and small commercial projects, and the “Power... |
| Aylo Uses Cybersquatting Complaint to Take Out Pirate Site Domains | The company Licensing IP International S.a.r.l. is not particularly well known, but over a billion people are familiar with its trademarks.
These marks include popular adult entertainment brands including Pornhub, Youporn, Brazzers and Real... |
