A Russian entrepreneur has trademarked the emoticon - or combination of punctuation characters - used to convey a wink in text messages and e-mail.
Oleg Teterin, president of the mobile ad company Superfone, said Thursday he doesn’t plan on tracking down individual users following the decision by the federal patent agency but will keep track of corporations trying to make profit without the permission of the trademark owner.
“I want to highlight that this is only directed at corporations, companies that ... READ MORE
