Prominent IP Updates Dec 31, 2014

Cooler Master Loses Patent Lawsuit to Asetek

If you remember back to 2013, shortly after Cooler Master launched their Seidon series of All In One cpu coolers they were hit with a lawsuit by Asetek. Asetek, one of the biggest developers of AIO cooler pump designs, brought suit claiming that CMI USA infringed on US Patent 8240362, as well as updated Patent 8245764.

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KPN takes Samsung to court over patent rights

KPN has taken Samsung to court over patent right, Bloomberg reported, citing court documents. The case is before a court in Marshall, Texas.

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Ford EcoBeast – how good does that name sound?

Nope, that’s not a typo – the title does indeed say Ford EcoBeast. The Blue Oval company has apparently registered such a name with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as discovered by Motrolix.

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KMF wins legal battle over Nandini trademark

Nandini legallybelongs to the Karnataka Cooperative-Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd (KMF). Yes, the trademark Nandini, under which the KMF sells its products, cannot be used by others as the High Court of Karnataka has refused to allow a leading restaurant group to use “Nandhini” as its brand name.

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IBM Assigned Seven Patents

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, has been assigned a patent (8,913,337), developed by Katagiri Takashi, Mori Yuhko, and Oishi Yutaka, Kanagawa, Japan, for a “controlling transportation of tape medium.

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Old Greenwich Software Firm Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit With Kroger

The Kroger Company and Old Greenwich software company Advanced Marketing Systems LLC have settled a patent infringement lawsuit over the national grocery chain’s digital coupon program

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