IPNews® – Famous chocolate maker Cadbury suffered a loss against rival company Whittaker’s over the Trademark of a candy bar name.
The UK’s two biggest chocolatiers, Cadbury and Whittaker’s, sparred in what has capped off a long history of bad blood between them. Whittaker’s won out over Cadbury’s claim that the use of the name
IPNews® – Seasonal shopping staple Hallmark has been hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit by a smaller company over use of the name “North Pole City.”
The Oklahoma City based retail store called North Pole City filed a complaint against Hallmark last week, claiming that Hallmark’s forthcoming holiday line infringes on the name that it
IPNews® – The legal drama between Google and Apple continues as the two mega retailers are back in court over alleged copied software used in phones.
Three years ago, Google-owned Motorola Mobility and Apple commenced a series of lawsuits against one another over technology that each used in its mobile phones. With each side claiming
IPNews® – Two big-time apps collide in as Path attempts to block Pinterest’s trademark registration of its “P” logo.
Pinterest last year filed a Trademark Application to secure protection of its “P” design logo, but on the road to registration has encountered a major bump. Just last month, Path, another popular social networking app, made
IPNews® – Subway endured a major loss this week as the TTAB held that “footlong” does not function as a trademark.
Earlier this year, a convenience store chain challenged mega fast food operator Subway, opposing its federal trademark application for “footlong.” In finding for the opposing party on nearly every issue raised, the Board firmly
IPNews® – Washington D.C.’s famed put-on-everything condiment, “Mumbo sauce,” has come under fire as of late with a TTAB ruling granting legal ownership of the trademark to a Chicago based company.
In 2011, Capital City Mumbo Sauce LLC filed a petition to cancel a trademark registration held by Select Brands. The TTAB sided with Select
IPNews® – Streaming media provider Spotify has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over the way it allows users to create, play and share music playlists.
The party bringing the claim, Ministry of Sound, argues that Spotify infringes copyrights by allowing users to copy and then re-share songs in the same order as the
IPNews® – Rocawear, the famous clothing line owned partially by Jay Z, has been sued for trademark infringement by a smaller company called HoodLove LLC.
HoodLove LLC argues that its registered trademark for “Hood Love” has been infringed by Jay Z’s Rocawear clothing brand, which recently began selling a T-shirt with the words coupled with
IPNews® – Apple, Inc. has gained patent protection over a cool new 3D technology that would add to the way that millions of Apple customers interact with their iPads and iPhones.
Apple’s newest patent is poised to significantly change its user experience by allowing customers to “pull” 3D objects from their touch screen devices. While
IPNews® – Fan favorite grocery chain Trader Joe’s has filed a complaint against Michael Hallat, once dubbed their “best customer,” for trademark infringement and other claims for re-selling the grocer’s popular goods across the border.
Trader Joe’s claims that Hallat’s store, Pirate Joe’s, infringes on its trademark and damages its brand as a whole by