IPNews® – The trademark battle over the rock band name “The Slants” may open the floodgates of “disparaging” trademarks being federally registered. An appeals court has held that not granting such trademarks federal trademark protection is a first amendment violation.
This ruling is likely to impact the Washington Redskins pending litigation in which the Redskins
IPNews® – Grumpy Cat Ltd. has filed a lawsuit against coffee company Grenade Beverage. Grenade Beverage holds a license to use the Grumpy Cat branding to sell an iced beverage, but there’s a debate over whether its launching of a coffee bean product violates the agreement.
Grumpy Cat brought forth claims of copyright infringement, trademark
IPNews® – Texas A&M recently filed a lawsuit against the Indianapolis Colts over the use of the phrase the “12th Man.”
Texas A&M has held the trademark for the phrase since 1990. The lawsuit was brought after the Colts did not reply to Texas A&M’s requests that the Colts cease use of the trademark.
IPNews® – Donald Trump now owns the trademark rights to the “Make America Great Again” slogan for use in relation to apparel. Mr. Trump had applied for the trademark in relation to apparel, but the application was refused do to a prior application filed by morning DJ Bobby Bones.
In exchange for his rights, Bobby
IPNews® – Pinterest lost two cases it filed over trademark infringement, one in the United States and one in the United Kingdom.
Both cases focused on the concepts and phrases surrounding the ideas of “pinning.” Judges in both cases claimed that “pinning” and “pins” are too broad of concepts for all related trademarks to belong
IPNews® – Donald Trump is threatening lawsuits against websites selling products which use his “Make America Great Again” trademark.
The trademark is registered by Trump for political action committee services, but it was only recently filed for items such as apparel. Proceeds from the sale of authentic Trump products go to the benefit of his
IPNews® – A fight is heating up over the use of “The Queen of Beer” in the adult beverage industry.
Anheuser-Busch, which has long used the “King of Beers” slogan, has commenced opposition proceedings against SHE Beverage Company over use of “The Queen of Beer.” SHE Beverage markets itself as a manufacturer specifically aimed to
IPNews® – A dispute has arisen between the popular music group LMFAO and a Michigan craft brewery, over the name of one of the brewery’s beers, the LMFAO Stout.
Despite the founders of the brewery contending that they had no intent to infringe on the name of the music group, the pop group is firm
IPNews® – The trademark battle between San Diego Comic-Con and Salt Lake Comic Con is set to go to Federal Court.
San Diego Comic-Con sued Salt Lake Comic Con on the grounds that the two names were too similar and likely to cause confusion. Salt Lake Comic Con was recently awarded a trademark for its
IPNews® – Blue Sphere, Inc. has sued Taylor Swift for using the trademark LUCKY 13 in relation to apparel among other goods.
Blue Sphere owns many LUCKY 13 trademarks and claims that Swift may have had prior knowledge of its trademarks before she began an apparel line. Swift is unwilling to sit for a deposition