Apple claim trademark on shiny speech bubbles -
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10322904-2.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/01/developers-be-warned-apple-has-apparently-trademarked-those-shiny-chat-bubbles/</a><br></br><br></br>Sound trademark battle over duck whistles -<br></br><br></br><a href="http://www.loweringthebar.net/2009/08/tour-companies-battle-over-trademarked-duck-noises.html" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.loweringthebar.net/2009/08/tour-companies-battle-over-trademarked-duck-noises.html</a><br></br><br></br>The American Football league have banned Twittering -<br></br><br></br><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10322904-2.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0">http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10322904-2.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0</a><br></br><br></br>Microsoft are pushing for a single global patent system -<br></br><br></br><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10334285-92.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0">http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10334285-92.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0</a><br></br><br></br><br></br>