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...early 1990s, Yale researchers discovered a compound, d4T, that slows the progression of HIV. Yale licensed an exclusive patent for the drug to pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb, which then marketed it under the brand name Zerit...
...they're marketed. How has Starbucks responded? The coffee chain has said it is against Ethiopia's trademark initiative, arguing it will actually harm poor farmers more than help them, but it denies Oxfam's claim that it asked the National Coffee Association to oppose the applications. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office turned down Ethiopia's application for the Sidamo and Harar beans, saying the names are generic, but it did grant Yirgacheffe a trademark in August. Do governments frequently trademark native products? It's not uncommon, but they more frequently use geographic certification to brand everything from orange...
Regardless, the elemental beauty of the paintings and sculpture, all of which HUAM term their “most important contemporary Chinese acquisitions to date,” is patent...
...Maier, the tastemaker behind Bottega Veneta opened his beautiful show with a paper cotton dress and proceeded with a litany of shellacked and smocked cottons that were done in romantic shades of dusty pink and mauve. And at Marni athletic-style mesh was thrown into the mix of shiny patent leather and matte cotton...
...their name, but permits them to use Harvard—contrary to the agreements reached this summer. On June 29, the President and Fellows of Harvard College filed a trademark application for the word “Hahvahd” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Unofficial Tours’ contract also forbids them from “intentionally drawing visitors away from official Harvard tours, and ‘stating that the information conveyed during tours is information Harvard does not want visitors to hear,” according to an article...