Tag: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2016 - 12:07 UTC

  Havana Club rum war: Bacardi appeals US decision to let Cuba have the trademark

  

  Bacardi filed suit on Monday against the United States demanding an explanation of its decision to let Cuba sell Havana Club rum in the United States once the U.S. trade embargo against the Castro brothers' island is lifted.

• Friday, June 14th 2013 - 10:51 UTC

  US Supreme Court rules DNA is not patentable, but synthetically created yes

  

  The United States Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotechnology industries.