IPNews® – UMBC races to trademark “UMBC Retrievers”, “Retriever Nation,” and “16 over 1” after the school’s big March Madness win that took the nation by surprise.
UMBC, a No. 16 seed, made history in the win over the Virginia Cavaliers since it was the first time ever that a No. 16 seed defeated a
IPNews® – The Super Bowl win won’t be the Philadelphia Eagles’ last battle of the season.
The team filed a trademark application for “Philly Special” for use in relation to apparel, but were beat to the punch by no less than 7 prior Philly Special trademark applications. When the dust settles the Eagles will likely
IPNews® – Stone Brewing has sued MillerCoors for the infringement on its trademark “Stone” as related to beer.
The word Stone has recently been the main focus of the Keystone beer rebranding for MillerCoors. MillerCoors is fighting the lawsuit saying consumers have referred to Keystone as “Stone” since its debut which was before Stone Brewing
IPNews® – The cosmetic company Hard Candy has decided to abandon its trademark application for the viral #MeToo hashtag.
The hashtag #MeToo has become the centerpiece of a social movement to bring attention to the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault. Hard Candy made the move after continued negative publicity even though it had planned
IPNews® – The NFL is being threatened with a trademark lawsuit by a company it has a history with called Barstool Sports.
Recently, the NFL began selling shirts that use the phrase “Sundays are for the Boys”. Barstool Sports has taken issue with this, since it has long sold a shirt that contains the phrase
IPNews® – San Diego Comic-Con has won its trademark lawsuit against Salt Lake Comic Con over use of the words “Comic Con”.
The Salt Lake version had argued that the Comic Con words were generic and thus free for all to use. However, the court determinted that consumers were in fact likely to be confused
IPNews® The hip hop band Wu-Tang Clan has filed a trademark opposition against a recently filed “Woof-Tang Clan” trademark application.
The opposition is the band’s attempt to prevent a New York based dog-walking company from getting a trademark. The Wu-Tang Clan name has been in use in relation to hip hop music since 1993. To
IPNews®- Canadian brewer Moosehead has sued Hop’n Moose Brewing Company for Trademark Infringement.
Located in Rutland, Vermont, Hop’n Moose Brewing Company operates brewpubs and sells beer which contains a moose in the logo. Moosehead Breweries claims that consumers are likely to be confused and states that its use of a moose related to beer has
IPNews® – A case challenging the registered Google trademark has been declined for review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The case involved whether a trademark owner should lose rights in instances when the trademark is frequently used as a verb such as in the phrase “Google it”. The Plaintiffs alleged that Google had become generic
IPNews® – Jaguar Land Rover filed several trademark applications to protect its infamous automobile designs after a new threat has appeared.
Jim Ratcliffe, billionaire owner of Ineos, announced that he plans to form an automotive team to market a vehicle similar in design and appearance to the Land Rover Defender. Thus far Jaguar Land Rover