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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Microsoft Asks Court to Toss Apple's "App Store" Trademark Case Because Font Is Too Small

    ​Microsoft is leaving nothing to chance with its attempts to keep Apple from trademarking the term "App Store." In fact, the Redmond company's lawyers just filed a motion with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to have Apple's trademark filing stricken because . . . wait for it . . . the fon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Today in Sex: "I Wanna Duck You"

    ​Today, Techcrunch reported that the US Patent and Trademark Office approved an Apple patent which "prevents users from sending or receiving 'objectionable' text messages." Meaning, parents will be able to snap some app on their kid's iPhone that'll keep them from sexting their randy little fr ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2009

    Cover Story: Pipe Schemes

    If you have some money you’re looking to invest, here’s a suggestion: Don’t give it to Robert Firebaugh.

  • News

    June 10, 2009

    Seattle’s Swordsman of Semen Detection

    Snooping through your partner’s undies has become big business, and the local man who started it all doesn’t much care for his new competition.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    Page Up? Pay Up

    Snooping through your partner’s undies has become big business, and the local man who started it all doesn’t much care for his new competition.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2006

    UPDATE: Poor Starbucks

    Snooping through your partner’s undies has become big business, and the local man who started it all doesn’t much care for his new competition.

  • News

    March 15, 2000

    Choose your evil

    Snooping through your partner’s undies has become big business, and the local man who started it all doesn’t much care for his new competition.

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    Patently absurd

    Snooping through your partner’s undies has become big business, and the local man who started it all doesn’t much care for his new competition.

  • News

    December 22, 1999

    Up and Down the Amazon

    Snooping through your partner’s undies has become big business, and the local man who started it all doesn’t much care for his new competition.

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    The year in rev-EWWW

    Jeff Bezos named Man of the Year; fear for 2000.

  • News

    November 3, 1999

    Patently mine

    The US Patent office has opened the door to all kinds of new patent claims. Microsoft and Amazon are in the first test cases.

  • News

    September 1, 1999

    "I can tell you that I too suffer occasionally from nostalgia—although what I long for is the time when journalism consisted of checking the facts."

    The US Patent office has opened the door to all kinds of new patent claims. Microsoft and Amazon are in the first test cases.

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