April 2008

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• 04.28.08
  Gizmondo
  Games (0)

  On April 18, 2008, Media Power, Inc., a New York-based company whose majority shareholder is Carl Freer, the Swedish businessman and entrepreneur who developed the Gizmondo handheld gaming console, filed to protect the trademark Gizmondo in relation to a "portable and/or hand-held electronic device for interactive computer and video games" as well as slew of other products and services related to the device. The filing mirrors the original Gizmondo filing for the device by Gizmondo Europe that was abandoned in January of 2007, about a year after the company went bankrupt. The gaming unit's poor sales in 2005 and early 2006 ...
  
  
• 04.22.08
  Prince of Persia Prodigy
  Movies, Games (0)

  Update: Ubisoft registered the domain princeofpersiaprodigy.com on April 1, 2008. While the site currently redirects to a cryptic placeholder screen, expect to see a real site there sooner than later. _____ On April 15, 2008, video game designer Jordan Mechner, the creator and owner of the Prince of Persia game franchise, filed to protect the trademark Prince of Persia Prodigy in relation to "game software and electronic game programs; electronic game software for mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and handheld computers". Since Mechner is the owner of the trademarks Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia The Sands of Time, Prince of Persia ...
  
  
• 04.17.08
  Pure Futbol
  Sports, Games (0)

  On March 20, 2008, game developer and publisher Ubisoft filed to protect the trademark Pure Futbol in relation to "game software and electronic game programs, namely software games recorded on CD-ROM and digital video discs for computers, electronic game software for mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and handheld computers". On April 9, 2008, Ubisoft filed for protection for additional products and services: Pure Futbol: "entertainment services namely providing an on-line computer game for others over global and local area computer networks and providing information on-line relating to computer games, video games and computer and video games related products and entertainment services in ...
  
  
• 04.15.08
  Applicast
  Internet, Television (2)

  On March 27, 2008, Sony Corporation filed to protect the trademark Applicast in relation to "application software pre-installed in television sets to download icons; television sets; LCD television sets; PDP television sets; projection television sets". Mork dug a little deeper and found the term "Applicast" mentioned on a Sony Fact Book PDF from 2007. On the third page, titled "The Technologies Behind Bravia", in the subsection called "New Ways to Enjoy Using Networks", it reads: "BRAVIA LCD televisions are compatible with such networking applications as Applicast, which makes it possible to look up information on the Internet while watching television". In ...
  
  
• 04.13.08
  Empire City
  Comics (0)

  On April 8, 2008, Frank Miller, Inc. filed to protect the trademark Empire City in relation to a "series of comic books, over sized comic books and graphic novels, coloring books, fiction and nonfiction magazines and books in the field of leisure and entertainment". Frank Miller is an American comic book writer and artist most known for his work on the Batman and Daredevil series, as well as on his original stories 300 and Sin City. Empire City is a fictional setting, a city in the DC Comics universe. It is best known as the home of the Golden Age Manhunter, Paul ...
  
  
• 04.13.08
  Spyborgs
  Games (0)

  On April 7, 2008, Japanese video game developer and publisher Capcom Entertainment filed to protect the trademark Spyborgs in relation to a video game. The full filing covers: "computer game software, computer game cartridges, computer game cassettes, computer games pre-recorded on CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs, computer game tapes, video game cartridges, software for arcade-type video games, downloadable game software, downloadable computer games, downloadable internet games, downloadable game software for playing on mobile phones, downloadable mobile telephone tones, downloadable digital music provided from the internet; pre-recorded audio disks, CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs featuring games, music, animated cartoons and action/adventure entertainment movies; downloadable ring tones, ...
  
  
• 04.10.08
  Microsoft Equipt
  Computers (0)

  On April 4, 2008, Microsoft Corporation filed to protect the trademark Microsoft Equipt in relation to the following: "computer software, namely, software for information management, creating spreadsheets, tables, graphs, and charts, and for organizing and analyzing data; computer software for word processing; computer software for creation and display of presentations including text and graphics; computer software for use in note-taking, namely, computer software for recording, organizing, editing and transmitting audio and visual information and images in electronic form; computer software for providing network and personal computer security, anti-virus protection, intrusion detection and prevention, computer system and software maintenance, software updates, and ...
  
  
• 04.02.08
  Miley
  Movies, Television, Celebrities, Fashion, Music (1)

  On March 28, 2008, Destiny Hope Cyrus, also known as Miley Ray Cyrus, or her alter ego Hannah Montana, filed to protect the trademark Miley in relation to a variety of goods and services: Miley: "musical sound recordings, CDs, DVDs, tapes, discs, downloadable recordings and MP3 files; motion picture films; multimedia files; consumer electronics, electronic and multimedia goods; electronic, computer and video games, photographic equipment, mobile telephones, mobile telephone accessories" Miley: "indoor and outdoor furniture; camping equipment; non-metal picture frames and plastic novelty license plates; jewelry boxes; figures and figurines; hand-held mirrors; Venetian blinds; wind chimes; mugs, beverage glassware, sports bottles, cake ...