Man Attempts to Trademark Ganja with US Patent Office

On April 1, the U.S. patent office announced a new trademark: "Processed plant matter for medicinal purposes, namely medical marijuana." The category was killed three months later when the Wall Street Journal asked about it, but in the meantime ganjapreneurs nationwide filed some very interesting pot trademarks.

Source:
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/08/marijuana_entrepreneur_tries_to_trademark_the_word_ganja_with_us_copyright_office.php

BPs Dubious July 27 Kill Date for Stopping the Leak

BP could cap the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico weeks earlier than expected, BP Gulf spill chief Bob Dudley tells The Wall Street Journal, calling a kill-date of July 20-27 "possible in a perfect world," while pointing out that hurricane season is the wild card.

What's really going on in the Gulf?

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http://theweek.com/article/briefing_blog/129/bps-dubious-july-27-kill-date

Wall Street Journal Throws A Softball To MySpace

I'm sort of scratching my head at the Wall Street Journal's article (mostly behind a paywall) that MySpace is in negotiations over some kind of new search advertising deal.

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http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/06/wsj-throws-softball-myspace/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: Techcrunch (TechCrunch)