IPNews® – Yves Saint Laurent SAS said Tuesday it wants to drop its counterclaims against Christian Louboutin in Louboutin’s trademark infringement lawsuit over his iconic red-soled shoes, now that the Second Circuit has ruled that YSL’s monochromatic red shoes do not infringe.
The appeals court let YSL off the hook for the infringement claim in
IPNews® – Mexican food maker Gruma Corp. won a second shot on Thursday at its trademark infringement action against the owner of Texas fast food chain Mission Burrito, as the Fifth Circuit ruled that Gruma’s Mission food trademark was likely to be confused with the chain.
The Texas district court was wrong to dismiss Gruma’s
IPNews® – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association hit Universal Health Services Inc. with new allegations of trademark infringement on Thursday, claiming the healthcare management company is breaching a previous settlement agreement by using a blue cross design in some of its logos.
BCBSA first sued UHS in December 2009 over the alleged infringement
IPNews® – The official business arm of the Hells Angels motorcycle club filed a new trademark infringement action against Toys “R” Us Inc. and yo-yo maker Yomega Corp. in California federal court on Wednesday, alleging the companies ripped off the club’s trademark death head logo to sell a line of yo-yos.
The club has used
IPNews® – Viacom Inc. and the star of its MTV reality show “Jersey Shore” Paul Delvecchio Jr., better known as “DJ Pauly D,” have settled a trademark infringement suit filed by a Connecticut DJ who claims he has been using the trademark “DJ Paulie” continuously since 1973.
Paul Lis accused Delvecchio, MTV and other entities
IPNews® – Verde Power Supply Inc. has lost its appeal of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s denial of its attempt to register “Verde” as a trademark.
The PTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirmed a PTO examiner’s finding that the proposed trademark was merely descriptive. Verde Power Supply failed to respond to the examiner’s
IPNews® – Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC shot back on Thursday at Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC’s trademark infringement complaint in San Francisco federal court over Bridgestone’s use of an actor who appeared in numerous Sony Playstation ads in one of its own commercials playing a Nintendo Wii.
Bridgestone says that it is not, as
IPNews® – A Philadelphia deli is continuing its quest to federally register the trademark “Philadelphia’s Cheesesteak” with a new lawsuit against U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos, having failed to persuade the PTO or the office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board that the mark is registrable.
In August the TTAB upheld the PTO’s
IPNews® – Boston creative writing organization Grub Street Inc. on Thursday went after a similarly named company that endorses books for a fee with a trademark infringement lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court.
Grub Street Reads offers positive book reviews and endorsements to authors who pay up front for the privilege. The company is trying to
IPNews® – Legendary comic book creator and artist Todd McFarlane attacked an ex-employee in Arizona federal court last week for trademark and copyright infringement, after the ex-employee published a book claiming to have inspired McFarlane’s popular Spawn character in the 1990s.
Ex-employee Al Simmons gave McFarlane permission in 1992 to use his name as the