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Court rules 'Skype' can't be trademarked, too close to 'Sky'

2015-05-06 09:13:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The General Court of the EU has ruled that Microsoft-owned VoIP service Skype's name is too similar to that of satellite operator Sky, and could lead to consumer confusion. BBC News reports that although Skype can continue to use its name, it cannot register a trademark for the name or the bubble-design logo. The judges wrote, "Conceptually, the figurative element conveys no concept, except perhaps that of a cloud. [That] would further increase the likelihood of the element 'Sky' being recognised within the word element 'Skype', for clouds are to be found 'in the sky' and thus may readily be associated with the word 'sky'." Microsoft brought the case on appeal to challenge a ruling by the EU Office for Harmonisation of Internal Markets which said the two words were too similar for Sky to obtain an EU-wide trademark. Microsoft plans to appeal the latest decision.

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Fiorina Talks HP Tenure, 'Terrible' Net Neutrality Rules

2015-05-06 07:02:21| PC Magazine Notebooks Product Guide

Instead of Iowa or New Hampshire, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina headed to New York and TechCrunch Disrupt.

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Rail Executive Blasts Oil-Train Rules

2015-05-06 02:28:10| Railroads - Topix.net

Norfolk Southern Corp. Chief Executive Charles W. "Wick" Moorman said that the rail industry will challenge the federal government's new crude-by-rail rules, adding regulators have "made some serious mistakes in the regulations."

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International Paper (IP) Stock Down After IRS Proposed New Tax Rules

2015-05-05 23:23:10| Paper - Topix.net

Under the new rule, processing of timber includes making sawdust, untreated lumber and woodchips. This would make the tax break unavailable after chemicals or foreign substances are added and it's turned into paper, pulp and plywood, Bloomberg reports.

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Regulator could impose new wholesale rules, impacting wireless roaming rates

2015-05-05 12:24:06| Wireless - Topix.net

Canada's telecom regulator will issue a decision today that could affect the fees charged to consumers when they roam with their wireless devices outside of their home network areas. The ruling from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission comes seven months after hearings were launched into the health of the country's wholesale wireless market, considered the backbone of Canada's mobile services sector.

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