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
IPNews® – The Washington Redskins and the NFL lost a battle in court, resulting in six of the team’s Trademark registrations being cancelled.
A district court ruled that six Redskins’ Trademark registrations are to be cancelled on the grounds that they are offensive to Native American people. While the team is still free to continue
IPNews® – McDonald’s is seeking to prevent fast-food chain Supermac’s from expanding outside of Ireland.
Supermac’s is a popular Irish fast-food chain that is seeking Trademark protection throughout Europe in relation to its plans to expand. This has been met by opposition from McDonald’s which believes the two chains sound too similar and thus will
IPNews® – General Motors recently announced its latest model- the Chevy Bolt.
After receiving multiple refusals to register the trademark by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, it now appears that GM will get the name registered. To overcome one of the refusals, GM entered into a consent agreement with Yamaha due to Yamaha’s prior
IPNews® – Rihanna’s attempt to trademark her legal first name “Robyn” has faced opposition by DC Comics, the publishers of the Batman series.
DC Comics has attempted to block Robyn from registering as a trademark by claiming that the name is confusingly similar to Batman’s sidekick Robin. Rihanna’s application was filed in relation to magazines.