IPNews® – Shaw Industries Group Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of carpet and flooring, filed a lawsuit against Hershey Co. seeking a declaratory judgment that Shaw’s “Chocolate Kiss” carpet color does not infringe Hershey’s KISS related trademarks.
In the complaint, Shaw claims it has been selling “Chocolate Kiss” colored flooring for over 20 years without
IPNews® – A custom car designer asked the California Central District to throw out DC Comics Inc’s lawsuit alleging he infringed on its trademarks and copyrights by selling replica Batmobiles.
Gotham Garage owner Mark Towle argued that DC Comics knew he had been building Batmobiles since 2003 and yet never told him to stop or
IPNews® – H&R Block Inc. filed a lawsuit against TurboTax maker Intuit for its recent advertising campaign that H&R Block claims is disparaging.
H&R Block alleged in its complaint that Intuit makes unauthorized use of the H&R Block trademark and makes the company out to be incompetent and untrustworthy. H&R Block claims Intuit is making unauthorized
IPNews® – Anheuser-Busch InBev secured the rights to the BUD trademark in the EU despite the Czech brewer Budejobicky Budvar NP’s opposition to its registration.
Both companies began brewing beer in the 19th century and both named their brews Budweiser, after the Czech town of Budweis. Budvar attempted to block Anheuser-Busch’s registration of the
IPNews® – L’Oreal USA Inc., a maker of fragrances using the Polo Ralph Lauren logo, claims that the U.S. Polo Association infringes the famous trademark by using its logo consisting of two horsemen, on fragrances.
The two companies have been in legal battles for nearly 30 years over conflicting trademarks. The parties entered into a
IPNews® – Amazon and Apple have been ordered by a U. S. magistrate judge into settlement talks for the trademark lawsuit Apple filed against Amazon.
Shortly after Amazon launched an “app store” on its website, Apple filed suit in the Northern District of California claiming that Amazon was infringing its trademark and engaging in unfair
IPNews® – The Kardashian sisters are back in court with a $10 million counterclaim against them for trademark infringement.
The counterclaim was brought against the sisters and Boldface Licensing + Branding, a company that created the Khroma cosmetics line for the Kardashian sisters, by a Florida makeup artist who owns the trademark KROMA and uses
IPNews® – The Supreme Court ruled that Nike’s covenant not to sue a competitive shoe maker renders moot the defendant’s counterclaim.
Nike originally filed the lawsuit against Already LLC for trademark infringement, which Already answered with a counterclaim alleging that Nike’s trademark is invalid. When litigation costs became greater than the potential rewards, Nike attempted
IPNews® – Apple will likely have to make another expensive trademark purchase in order to be able to continue selling iPhones in Brazil.
After spending $60 million to purchase the iPad name from a company in China, Apple has run into a Brazilian company that has exclusive rights to the iPhone name in Brazil. Gradiente
IPNews® – Neil Young applied for two new trademarks which he plans to use in marketing his new company Pono.
Young has long been a critic of the quality of music available for MP3 players and he plans to offer a better option for consumers with his digital-to-analog online library and portable devices. Young hopes