IPNews® – Hanginout, Inc. has filed a trademark lawsuit against Google, Inc. for its use of “Hangouts”
The much smaller San Diego company took on the Northern California giant, filing a trademark infringement lawsuit last month. The complaint claims that Google is wrongfully using “Hangouts” to refer to its live video chat app, which infringes
IPNews® – Burberry has filed an appeal to keep its trademark for its famous plaid design alive in China.
One of fashion’s most well known designs, the Burberry tartan print, is in trouble in China after the Chinese Intellectual Property Office cancelled its protection due to non-use. Burberry has filed paperwork to appeal the cancellation
IPNews® – Gus Malzahn, the head coach of Auburn University’s football team, filed an application to gain trademark protection over his signature offensive style of “Hurry Up No Huddle.”
The application was filed in mid-November and has yet to be assigned to an examining attorney at the USPTO. In the meantime, Auburn and its Hurry
IPNews® – California is getting its own branch of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The satellite office, which is set to open in late 2014, will make it easier for companies and inventors based on the West Coast to get their patents processed. This new branch is the second of four total planned
IPNews® – A small New Hampshire-based coffee company won a major victory against big-time coffee maker Starbucks.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Starbucks had failed to show that its brand would be harmed by the smaller company’s “Charbucks” line of coffee products. As such, it was denied the injunction it was
IPNews® – The TTAB recently ruled that BOTULEX is confusingly similar to BOTOX, which will prevent the BOTULEX trademark application from proceeding to registration.
The fight over younger looking skin has a winner as the makers of BOTOX successfully opposed a trademark application for BOTULEX, the brand name of similar skin rejuvenation products. The victory
IPNews® – Zynga won big in a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by Mattel, who owns the rights to the classic Scrabble board game.
The UK’s High Court this week ruled in favor of Zynga, finding that the name of its popular “Scramble With Friends” word game app does not infringe on Mattel’s Scrabble trademarks. The
IPNews® – Young Jeezy has been hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit from the Hells Angels for using a design in his clothing line that is too similar to the motorcycle club’s well-known “death head” insignia.
Rapper Young Jeezy has picked a fight with the famous biker gang the Hells Angels, by allegedly copying the
IPNews® – The Cardinals’ Rally Squirrel is the focus of an ongoing fight for the rights to its name.
The St. Louis Cardinals are awaiting the outcome of an opposition they filed to prevent a trademark application filed by a suburban business owner for the name “Rally Squirrel.” The application was filed after the squirrel
IPNews® – The USPTO has struck down a Trademark Application for the band name “The Slants,” citing it as offensive to the Asian American community.
Band members of the Pacific Northwest’s “The Slants” have filed an appeal with the TTAB to seek an overturning of the refusal to trademark the band name, which was denied