California – Skullcandy, primarily a headphone manufacturer, recently filed an action for trademark infringement against Skelanimals which is a music apparel and accessory brand. The action alleges that the Skelanimals logo is confusingly similar to the Skullcandy logo.
The Skullcandy logo is a black and white skull face surrounded by a black circle, while the Skelanimals logos at issue are
San Diego – Kellogg’s, maker of Fruit Loops, has decided to drop its trademark infringement lawsuit against the Maya Archaeology Initiative (MAI), which is a non-profit organization. In the lawsuit, Kellogg’s had claimed that the toucan in MAI’s logo infringed its own Toucan Sam trademark.
Kellogg and the MAI issued a joint statement saying that Kellogg has decided
Los Angeles – In the case Global Tech Appliances v. SEB S.A. 131 S. Ct. 2060 (2011), the U.S. Supreme Court recently set the standard of proof required to prevail in an action for indirect patent infringement. To be liable, it had been unclear whether an inducing party must have also intended that the infringing act actually infringe
Los Angeles – As the Occupy Wall Street Movement shows surprising staying power, opportunists continue lining up to profit from the publicity. Trademarks such as “Occupy,” “We are the 99 percent,” “Occupy DC 2012,” and “Occupy Wall St.” have recently been filed.
Not to be left out, a coalition of Occupy Wall Street protestors have also filed for “Occupy
San Diego – Human Genome Sciences recently received a favorable ruling in a patent dispute with Eli Lilly concerning the validity of a patent for a gene sequence for use in developing treatments for people with immune diseases.
Eli Lilly originally contested the European patent owned by Human Genome on the grounds that the patent was too vague