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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Would Pork Bombs Work as a Terrorist Deterrent?

by Robert Quigley | 3:45 pm, July 27th

We’ve heard of bacon grease bombs as a backyard diversion, but one would-be inventor named Mark S. Price hopes to fight explosives with pork in a serious way in the war against terror. In a press release, Price announces that he’s recently submitted an application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the “Suicide Bomb Deterrent,” which he says is already scheduled for deployment “at several high traffic public venues around the nation in order to protect America’s vital transportation and critical infrastructure.”

What is it, exactly? In essence: A packet of pig parts that splatters everywhere if a bomb detonates nearby, with the express aim of deterring potential Islamic suicide bombers. (Several surah in the Koran forbid contact with the blood and meat of pigs.) But would it work?

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Google Setback: Nexus One Trademark Denied

by Robert Quigley | 10:01 pm, March 17th

Well, this is inconvenient: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Google‘s application to trademark the name “Nexus One,” on the grounds that it sounds too similar to an existing product.

Geek.com: “The application was refused because of “likelihood of confusion” with an existing trademark of the word “Nexus”, which was registered by Integra Telecom, a telecommunication services company, in 2008.”

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