Auto IES, a car company in France, brought a suit against Google Inc., Google France and Google Ireland, claiming that Google contributed to the infringement of its trademarks.  Allegedly, if a consumer uses the terms “ies”, “auto ies”, “autoies” or “auto-ies” as keywords in a Google search, sponsored listings would appear on the right side [...]

Craig Newmark probably did not anticipate the significance of his innovation when he first launched Craigslist back in 1985 as an email distribution listing.  Over the years, the company has grown and as expected, so did competition.  However, compared to the “high-tech” sites that we see nowadays, Craigslist seems to be stuck in the prehistoric [...]

Apple is known for chasing everyone and anyone who seems to be free-riding on their design.  However, this time, Apple might have to defend itself against a possible trademark infringement claim by the Swiss Federal Railway Service (SBB).  Apple is allegedly using a copy of the SBB’s railway clock in the IOS 6 for the [...]