Kansas City Adult Entertainment: Lilly, Univision, Apple, Liberty Media, Facebook: Intellectual Property

Karsten Manufacturing Corp.’s Ping unit has agreed to let Apple Inc. use its “ping” trademark for a new music-oriented social network, the company said in a statement yesterday.
Cupertino, California-based Apple introduced Ping as part of a presentation of a new iPod media player yesterday. The $99 device also will deliver first-run movie rentals for $4.99 and work with Netflix Inc.’s online service.
‘Ping’ is a social network that lets users “follow” others, Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs said yesterday when the new iPod was revealed.
Liberty Media Sues to Protect ‘Corbin Fisher’ Trademark
Liberty Media Holdings LLC, a San Diego-based provider of gay-oriented adult content, sued 14 named and 500 unnamed defendants for trademark infringement.
The company is the holder of the Corbin Fisher trademark and operates the CorbinFisher.com website “which provides services of interest to the adult entertainment community,” according to the complaint filed Aug. 31 in federal court in San Diego.

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