IPNews® – The fallout between Stone Temple Pilots band members and their lead singer, Scott Weiland, has reached Los Angeles Superior Court with both sides trading lawsuits claiming trademark infringement against the other.
STP bandmates brought a lawsuit against their former lead singer after firing him from the band, alleging breach of contract and improper
IPNews® – Nike has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in an attempt to end a trademark lawsuit filed against it by Fuel Clothing Company Inc.
The dispute involves the trademark FUEL used primarily in relation to apparel. Nike claims that the FUEL trademark has effectively been abandoned due to naked licenses and a failure
IPNews® – U.S. District Court Judge Dean D. Pregerson recently made clear that he is leaning toward dismissing Viacom from a trademark infringement matter initiated by Gibson guitars.
Viacom claims that it merely licensed the rights to use the “SpongeBob SquarePants” trademark to a third party and had no part in any infringement alleged by
IPNews® – Publisher J.T. Colby recently came up empty in its attempt to prevent Apple Inc. from using the iBooks trademark.
Apple responded the lawsuit with a Motion for Summary Judgment disputing all claims. New York District Court Judge Denise Cote granted Apple’s motion holding that there was no likelihood of confusion among other issues.
IPNews® – Action Ink Inc., owner of the THE ULTIMATE FAN U.S. Trademark Registration, is playing defense against the New York Jets.
After Action Inc. filed its trademark infringement complaint due to the Jets’ use of ULTIMATE FAN, the New York Jets recently filed for Summary Judgment. The Jets’ are alleging that the THE ULTIMATE
IPNews® – Nike Inc. recently responded to a lawsuit filed against it by Under Armour Inc. which alleged that Nike is infringing on Under Armour’s “I Will” trademark.
Nike is claiming that it has been using “I Will” and other similar phrases since before Under Armour existed. Nike also claims that the two word phrase
IPNews® – In the wake of the Boston Marathon tragedy, 8 separate trademark applications for BOSTON STRONG have been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Many feel that capitalizing in any way on the events from the Boston Marathon disaster is in poor taste. Beyond that, most if not all of the applications
IPNews® -Research Group 3, maker of precision motorcycle parts, has filed an extension of time to oppose the RGIII trademark filed by Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III.
Although the goods differ, the company has concerns that the football player’s trademark will cause confusion in the marketplace. The parties are currently attempting to work out
IPNews® – Federal District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer issued a default judgment awarding Tory Burch LLC $20 million in damages after finding infringing use of trademarks by a counterfeiter consortium.
Judge Pallmeyer ordered a seizure of bank accounts and the transfer of domain names. Although the infringing use has ended, many of the culprits are
IPNews® – A New Jersey manufacturer of carpeting and rugs was sued for trademark infringement by Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company due to a “Wild Kingdom” product line.
The complaint was filed in Nebraska federal court against Couristan, Inc. The allegations include infringement and dilution and the complaint requests destruction of all product at issue.