IPNews® – Rapper and producer Perry Moise recently ran into trouble when he adopted the stage name “Burberry” and used iconic branding elements of the luxury fashion brand Burberry.
Burberry, the English fashion brand, sent several cease and desist letters with no response and eventually filed a trademark infringement and dilution lawsuit. In a recent
IPNews® – Ivanka Trump has been accused of committing trademark infringement related to a shoe design.
Italian-based luxury shoe brand Aquazzura has filed a trade dress infringement lawsuit against her and has alleged this isn’t the first knockoff. The lawsuit also named Ms. Trump’s company IT Collection, and her licensee Marc Fischer. To continue reading
IPNews® – Electronic dance music star deadmau5 is suing an e-cigarette company for alleged trademark infringement.
The DJ filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit in California saying West Coast Vape Supply is intentionally infringing on his deadmau5 trademark. He is suing for trademark infringement and is seeking statutory and punitive damages in addition to a
IPNews® – Great Harvest has filed a trademark lawsuit against Panera Bread over the slogan used by Panera in its new marketing campaign.
Great Harvest argues that the slogan is similar enough to its “Bread. The way it ought to be” corporate slogan that it will likely cause confusion among consumers. There is also
IPNews® – Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has formally opposed American TV reality star Kylie Jenner’s attempt to trademark the name “Kylie.”
Minogue argues the trademark would cause confusion among consumers and dilute her brand given Jenner’s numerous controversies. Minogue has held domains and other related Kylie titles since before Jenner’s birth. To continue reading
IPNews® – Texas A&M and the Indianapolis Colts reached a settlement over the Colts’ use of the trademarked phrase “12th Man.”
Texas A&M owns the trademark, and filed a lawsuit against the Colts after cease and desist letters saw no response. In the settlement, the Colts agreed to cease using the phrase. To
IPNews® – British luxury fashion brand Burberry recently filed a lawsuit against J.C. Penney for its use of Burberry’s trademarked check pattern.
Burberry argues that J.C. Penney continued using the trademarked pattern for two months after Burberry brought the trademark infringement to its attention. This is not the only lawsuit J.C. Penny has been involved
IPNews® – The San Diego Chargers have applied for the Los Angeles Charges trademark. The team remains the San Diego Chargers for now, but the Rams and Chargers are currently in negotiations that would move the Chargers to Los Angeles.
While at first the Chargers’ move to Los Angeles appeared inevitable, recent reports suggest that
IPNews® – Yosemite National Park is changing the names of its iconic attractions due to a trademark dispute with its concessionaire company Delaware North. When the national park turned the contract over to Aramark, Delaware North filed a lawsuit arguing that it owns the trademarks to the park’s names such as the Ahwahnee Hotel.
If
IPNews® – Presidential candidate Jeb Bush abandoned his trademark application for his “Jeb!” campaign logo. The now abandoned application applied for use of the logo on a variety of merchandise.
Given Bush’s low polling, this may be yet another change by Bush to try to re-invent his campaign. To continue reading, click: Jeb Bush