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
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