Facebook says it’s behind the £45m deal for Meta name rights December 13, 2021 Meta, the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60m (£45m) deal to acquire the trademark assets of U.S. regional bank Meta Financial Group, spokespeople for the companies said this evening.
Ambition should Pak a punch once again at Happy Valley February 20, 2024 EXPECT plenty of wild celebrations to come from the members’ stand, through to the Beer Garden, if crowd favourite SON PAK FU proves victorious in the Singapore Pools Handicap (12.10pm) over six furlongs. The Australian-bred five-year-old has built up a cult following at the city track, following half-a-dozen victories and three places in the last [...]
Cadbury’s allowed to register iconic purple colour trade mark in High Court ruling July 7, 2022 Cadbury’s has been allowed to register a trademark for the particular purple colour used on its chocolate bar wrappers, after a High Court ruling this week. Lawyers representing Cadbury, Charles Russell Speechlys, said Cadbury’s would now be able to register the colour (Pantone 2685C). The confectionery giant has been attempting to register the colour for [...]
Turtle Again to leave rivals shell-shocked with first win November 28, 2023 THE GODS of fortune have finally smiled on the Benno Yung-trained TURTLE AGAIN, who could record his first victory in the Crookston Castle Handicap (12.40pm) over nine furlongs. The New Zealand-bred gelding could be described as a slow-burner since making his first appearance in the territory over a year ago, but has always looked a [...]
End of an era: Watch as McDonald’s golden arches come down in Moscow May 25, 2022 Workers removed the trademark “Golden Arches” sign from a McDonald’s restaurant just north of Moscow. Watch the full video report.
Active Energy seeks buy-out on its wood-coal biomass hybrid April 9, 2024 The company has been trying to develop a greener, coal-wood hybrid form of biomass
Marv Studios: Record year for Matthew Vaughn and Claudia Schiffer’s Kingsman maker August 21, 2024 Marv Studios, the production company founded by Matthew Vaughn and Guy Ritchie, achieved the best year in its history as it surged back into the black. The firm, which is now owned by Vaughn and his wife Claudia Schiffer, has posted a pre-tax profit of £72.7m for the year to 30 June, 2023. The company [...]
Explainer-in-brief: An overhaul for the overground sparks outrage February 19, 2024 New names have been announced for the London Overground and people are mad about it. Why, asks Lucy Kenningham
Glengoyne and Edinburgh Gin maker continues post-pandemic success May 31, 2024 The spirits producer behind Glengoyne whisky and Edinburgh Gin has toasted the re-opening of its historic Scottish distillery, which closed more than 30 years ago.
How I took life’s lem-uhns and turned them into a business April 1, 2024 When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade (or a business). Even if the process gets a little sticky.