EU court rules that the Skype name is too similar to the name of the Broadcaster, Sky. For that reason, Microsoft has been prohibited from registering the Skype name as a trademark.
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Introducing Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
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New ANS Website Launching Monday
Get excited… the new ANS Website will be live this Monday, 5/4/15!
About Names: Marina, a global name thanks to martyrs
Marina Semyonova
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Marina.
About Names: All about ‘Sarah’
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Sarah.
About Names: Gary, a baby boom favorite, has almost gone bust
Gary Cooper, The Winning of Barbara Worth, 1926
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Gary.
About Names: Mythology, madness give Cassandra her story
Cassandra Wilson
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Cassandra.
About Names: ‘50 Shades’ may color how parents feel about saintly name
Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele with Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Anastasia.
About Names: Who may have espied Nathan’s long plateau?
Nathan Lane
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Nathan.
Gift-giving Magi bestow names, too; but alas, Melchior
Jackson Rathbone as Twilight’s Jasper
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Melchior, Balthasar and Gaspar.