IPNews® – The Supreme Court of The United States has struck down a 71-year-old law banning offensive trademarks.
The decision has wide ranging implications including in an ongoing federal case concerning the trademark of the NFL team, the Washington Redskins. Justice Anthony Kennedy stated that the long standing law offends a “bedrock First Amendment principal.”
IPNews® – After a President Trump ill-fated Tweet, the word “Covfefe” has gone viral.
In recent weeks there have been over 30 trademark applications filed for “Covfefe” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Unfortunately for the applicants, most if not all of the trademark applications will be rejected by the trademark office. To
IPNews® – The Trump companies are at it again filing trademark applications in China.
Ivanka Trump’s latest applications raise further ethical concerns about the Trump family’s ability to govern while holding international business ties. According to a member of a US watchdog group, Campaign Legal Center, Ms. Trump should not have conflicts of interest
IPNews® – PayPal, the online payment company, is suing online streaming music company Pandora for trademark infringement.
PayPal claims that Pandora’s new P logo, which it uses for its app, is confusing consumers between the two apps. PayPal is seeking an injunction against Pandora to prevent use of the logo. To continue reading, click:
IPNews® – Faraday Bicycles is suing Faraday&Future for trademark infringement related to use of the Faraday trademark for electric vehicles.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office initially denied Faraday&Future’s Faraday Future application, but then approved it. As a result, Faraday Bicycles filed the present lawsuit in the Northern district of California. To continue reading
IPNews® – KFC is suing a New York based entrepreneur Brian Mastrosimone over alleged trademark infringement.
The national restaurant chain claims that Mastrosimone’s use of the slogan “Finger Lakin’ Good” is too close to its own slogan. Mastrosimone gained approval to register the slogan as a trademark from the United States Patent and Trademark
IPNews® – A Texas based restaurant chain, Torchy’s Tacos, is suing Dam Good Tacos over alleged trademark infringement.
Torchy’s Tacos claims ownership of the Damn Good Tacos trademark since it has used it as a tagline since 2006. Torchy’s Tacos also states that it had no choice but to file a lawsuit after having made
IPNews® – Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Enterprises LLC recently won a trademark dispute against a Colorado based entrepreneur, Rachel Bevis.
Bevis filed a trademark application for Marijuanaville in 2014. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that the Margaritaville and Marijuanaville trademarks are too similar since both leave the consumer with a similar impression of
IPNews® – A California federal jury ruled in favor of Crystal Head Vodka this week in its lawsuit against Elements for trade dress infringement.
The ruling is the latest in a years-long dispute between the two distilled spirits companies. A key witness, Walter Szymoniak, testified in court that he used the Crystal Head Vodka bottle
IPNews® – Emma Bassiri, owner of Meowington.com, is fighting back after being sued by Professional Musician Joel Zimmerman.
Zimmerman, who is better known as Deadmou5, first filed against Bassiri to block her Meowington trademark in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Now, Ms. Bassiri has filed a trademark lawsuit against Zimmerman in Florida federal court.
