Intellectual Property Law

Notice of Allowance on trademark "cloud computing" revoked
The USPTO canceled its "Notice of Allowance" for the trademark "cloud computing" on Tuesday, 5 August 2008.See also 4 Aug 08 IPBiz post: Dell gets "notice of allowance" for trademark on cloud computing

More on rejection of Dell's proposed cloud computing trademark
See for example USPTO rains on Dell?s app for ?cloud computing? trademark and previous IPBiz post: Notice of Allowance on trademark "cloud computing" revokedDescriptive or generic, take your pick...

Dells Cloud Computing Fiasco
Despite the generic nature of the term, “Cloud Computing,” Dell filed an intent-to-use application for a trademark registration for it. Nobody seemed to notice until a flurry of internet chatter roundly criticized Dell and the USPTO (example)...

Dell Moves to Trade Mark Cloud Computing
I’ve discovered through the latest Language Log column, “Trademark Insanity,” that Dell Computers has applied to have “cloud computing” registered as a trade mark in the U...

Shot to Dell
Dell’s CLOUD COMPUTING trademark application has gone up in a vapory mass of smoke: Dell cannot register “cloud computing” as a trademark because the term is a generic one describing services offered by many companies, the U...

Dell’s cloudy IP planning
Has anyone figured this out? Dell’s newly-acquired trademark for the term “cloud computing” may have all the durability of a glass hammer, meaning it will shatter the first time they try to use it...

$100 Million in Dell Fraud Charges Settlement
Dell Settles Fraud Charges for $100 Million

Dell Inc
Settles 34-State Lawsuit

Poling Family Receives $1.5 Million in First Autism Vaccine Settlement
Poling Family Receives $1.5 Million in Autism Vaccine Settlement

Dell
Sued for Gender Discrimination

Sprint
Receives Preliminary Approval of $17.5 Settlement for Early Termination Fees

Hazing Death
Phoummarath Family Receives $4.2 Million Settlement