Dish's 'TV Everywhere' Trademark Application Suspended

Trademark office cites Time Warner Inc.'s pending 'On Demand Everywhere' application

By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/9/2010 2:13:29 PM

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a "notice of suspension" to Dish Network regarding its application to trademark "TV Everywhere," and the agency cited Time Warner Inc.'s prior application to trademark "On Demand Everywhere" as potentially nullifying the satellite operator's claim on the term.

Dish declined to comment.

Dish filed to trademark "TV Everywhere" in September 2009, as first reported by Multichannel News. At the time, the term was already being used generically by TV programmers and distributors to refer to authenticated video services available on devices other than traditional television sets, including by Time Warner Inc. chairman CEO Jeff Bewkes.

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