IPNews® – When Facebook changed its name to META, it was supposed to usher in a new era related to the Metaverse.
Years later, Meta may still be regretting the Metaverse play and name change. Meta is still battling to secure rights to the META trademark. To continue reading, click: Meta Trademark Dispute Could Upend Facebook Parent Company
IPNews® – The Lord of the Rings franchise has run into a bit of an issue with its Rivendell trademark.
Though the term was coined as far back as 1979, the company did not actually use the trademark in commerce in relation to the sale of a specific good or service. Before it could, another company Rivendell Media began business under that name. To continue reading, click: Battle for Middle-Earth Trademark: LOTR Brand Targets LGBTQ Agency
IPNews® – We haven’t heard much from the organizers of the Woodstock music festival.
The last Woodstock occurred in 1999. However, the organizers came alive recently when another music festival filed a trademark application for WUBSTOCK. To continue reading, click: Woodstock Trademark Owners Target Festival Despite Name Change
IPNews® – It appears that Tesla was a bit late filing a trademark application for CYBERCAB.
Before Tesla could file the application, another company beat it to the punch. Now Tesla is fighting to prevent the prior filing from registering. To continue reading, click: Musk Notches Early Win Against Alleged Tesla Trademark Squatter
IPNews® – Donald Trump is in the headlines again in several trademark related issues and battles.
The sitting president is attempting to have multiple airports named after him and has filed a TRUMP trademark for use related to airports. In other battles, he is attempting to prevent a trademark registration for TRUMP BURGER. To continue reading, click: Donald Trump Has Had a Busy Week at the U.S. Trademark Office
IPNews® – Like Mickey Mouse before him, the popular character Popeye the Sailor Man entered the public domain in 2025.
While the appearance of the character can no longer be protected, trademark rights do not expire so long as the trademark is continually used. Those trademark rights are being tested by a company that recently filed for the Popeye trademark. To continue reading, click: Popeye Enters Public Domain, But a Trademark Fight Is Brewing
IPNews® – You may have thought that Blockbuster, the once popular video rental store, was long gone.
To the contrary, the company is alive and kicking and policing its trademark. Southern Feed and Seed, LLC recently filed a trademark application for Block Buster and may be learning the hard way that BLOCKBUSTER is still a valid trademark. To continue reading, click: As Physical Media Resurges, Blockbuster Fights to Protect Trademark
IPNews® – Kanye West seems to be a fan of filing trademark applications.
The musician has filed hundreds of them. The only problem is that they are abandoning almost as fast as they are being filed. To continue reading, click: The U.S. Government Has a Kanye West Trademark Problem
IPNews® – Disney has recently opposed a trademark application for “Click the Mouse.”
At first blush this might seem to be a frivolous complaint. However, the company using Click the Mouse sells Disney vacations which complicates the issues. To continue reading, click: Disney Trademark Fight: Can Disney Claim Ownership of “Mouse”?
IPNews® – Elon Musk has publicly declared a desire to never use the TWITTER trademark again.
That may come back to bite him, since a company named Operation Bluebird is now trying to take the TWITTER trademark for their own use. To this end, Operate Bluebird filed a trademark cancellation against X. To continue reading, click: Company Aims to Take the Twitter Trademark Away From Elon Musk