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...company's recent name change from "Harvard Apparatus" in anticipation of going public. The action is the latest in Harvard's wide-ranging campaign to crack down on companies who seek to profit from seeming to be associated with the University. While the University's zeal in protecting its trademark is understandable in most cases, this latest lawsuit crosses the line from prosecuting malicious pirates to punishing legitimate companies...
...Harvard Bioscience is no cyber-squatter. It has manufactured and sold medical equipment, including syringe pumps and ventilators, for years. The University's lawsuit has opened up a whole new area where the University could claim its trademark is being infringed. The University has gone from suing those who have intent to deceive and who might actually do damage to pursuing companies that merely "sound like" they might be affiliated with Harvard...
...pursuit, Harvard casts a wide net in its search for those who use its name. According to the web site of the Office for Technology and Trademark Licensing, "the legal and illegal use of Harvard's name and symbols throughout the world is monitored by an international trademark watch service...
Warren said that Harvard Bioscience received a letter from the University in November discussing the University's concern over the trademark issue. The company replied that it believed the use of the name was legal, Warren said...
This case comes on the heels of a number of similar disputes in which the University has sued companies with Harvard in their names. In a recent trademark case, notHarvard.com agreed to change its name to Powered.com under pressure from the University...