IPNews® – The North Face Apparel Corp. successfully blocked the makers of a clothing line named “The Butt Face” from using The North Face trademark or any confusingly similar or parodic name, with a consent judgment filed Wednesday holding the makers in contempt.
The Missouri district court ruled that The Butt Face violated a 2010
IPNews® – The United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal ruled that a lower court judge was right to find Samsung Electronics Co. did not infringe Apple Inc.’s designs when producing its own tablet computers.
The lower court issued its finding of no infringement in July, and ordered Apple to publish advertisements stating that Samsung had not
IPNews® – The owners of the Longhorn Steakhouse chain of restaurants are facing new trademark infringement claims from a Las Vegas casino that shares the name of the restaurant chain’s Golden Nugget fried cheesecake dessert.
The Golden Nugget Las Vegas has been using the name continuously since it opened in 1946, and owns a number
IPNews® – A California federal judge scolded Groupion LLC Monday for seeking to have him disqualified from hearing its trademark infringement and cybersquatting battle with Groupon Inc., saying its motion was based solely on one adverse ruling.
Groupion sought to have Judge Jeffrey White recused on the grounds that he reviewed and considered documents that
IPNews® – Yves Saint Laurent SAS said Tuesday it wants to drop its counterclaims against Christian Louboutin in Louboutin’s trademark infringement lawsuit over his iconic red-soled shoes, now that the Second Circuit has ruled that YSL’s monochromatic red shoes do not infringe.
The appeals court let YSL off the hook for the infringement claim in
IPNews® – Mexican food maker Gruma Corp. won a second shot on Thursday at its trademark infringement action against the owner of Texas fast food chain Mission Burrito, as the Fifth Circuit ruled that Gruma’s Mission food trademark was likely to be confused with the chain.
The Texas district court was wrong to dismiss Gruma’s
IPNews® – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association hit Universal Health Services Inc. with new allegations of trademark infringement on Thursday, claiming the healthcare management company is breaching a previous settlement agreement by using a blue cross design in some of its logos.
BCBSA first sued UHS in December 2009 over the alleged infringement
IPNews® – The official business arm of the Hells Angels motorcycle club filed a new trademark infringement action against Toys “R” Us Inc. and yo-yo maker Yomega Corp. in California federal court on Wednesday, alleging the companies ripped off the club’s trademark death head logo to sell a line of yo-yos.
The club has used
IPNews® – Viacom Inc. and the star of its MTV reality show “Jersey Shore” Paul Delvecchio Jr., better known as “DJ Pauly D,” have settled a trademark infringement suit filed by a Connecticut DJ who claims he has been using the trademark “DJ Paulie” continuously since 1973.
Paul Lis accused Delvecchio, MTV and other entities
IPNews® – Verde Power Supply Inc. has lost its appeal of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s denial of its attempt to register “Verde” as a trademark.
The PTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirmed a PTO examiner’s finding that the proposed trademark was merely descriptive. Verde Power Supply failed to respond to the examiner’s