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Independent International Investment Research (IIIR) is near to a settlement with Google regarding its claim to the Gmail trademark in the United States, according to a request for extension filed by IIIR at the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Before their appearance on CNN this morning, bloggers Kathy Sierra and Chris Locke issued a joint statement responding to issues raised throughout the blogosphere following Sierra’s revelation of death threats against her, as well as the depiction of her image in misogynistic sexual photos.

Addressing a petition for cancellation of the GMail trademark in the US, Google responded to the US Patent and Trademark Office that International Independent Investment Research's application for the trademark was invalid from the beginning.

The legal spat between Apple and Cisco over use of the term "iPhone" was nothing that, speculatively, a big bag o'money couldn't solve. Though the terms of the settlement both companies announced yesterday are confidential, it isn't unreasonable to think that Cisco got some benefit beyond mutual use of the term and an interoperability agreement. The statement reads this way:

Once again, the actual number of users of the MySpace social networking website has come into question, with the 100 million figure quoted by other sites leaving out an important detail.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the US Dept. of Commerce backed overseer of the Internet has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought on by VeriSign, the governor of all things .com and .net, over ICANN's interference with VeriSign's controversial Site Finder.

Level 3 has cutoff the peering connection to Cogent Communications, and that has disrupted Internet service for customers.

A British research company is threatening to use legal action against Google for their right to use the GMail name.