movie-symbol.jpgIPNews® – Paramount Pictures has filed trademark applications for “World War Z” with the USPTO. 

Paramount intends to distribute the wildly popular Zombie series in various video game platforms including: Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo 3DS, online and in mobile phone games.  The movie will star Brad Pitt.  To continue reading, click: Paramount Pictures Files for

lime.jpgIPNews® – Start-up energy drink manufacturer Bodyarmor SuperDrink is being sued by Under Armour for trademark infringement in U.S. District Court in the District of Maryland. 

The answer, filed recently, showed that Bodyarmor filed its trademark application with the USPTO approximately five years ago with no objections from Under Armour.  The drink manufacturer calls the

basketball.jpgIPNews® – With recent trademark applications filed for terms such as LINSANITY, FEAR THE BROW and THAT’S A CLOWN QUESTIONS, BRO, it appears that professional athletes are increasingly seeking trademark protection.

In a very interesting article written by Doug Williams at ESPN, we learn the origins of the trend and just how far it has

tv_remote_control.jpgIPNews® – Hulu recently announced that it had dropped its opposition to Dish Network’s trademark application for “TV Everywhere”. 

Hulu had previously claimed the term should not be registered to Dish Network because it was commonly used by a number of other cable providers as a standard and generic industry term.  The application is also

google.jpgIPNews® – Cybersitter filed a complaint against Google and Net Nanny this week for trademark infringement in District Court in the Central District of California. 

Cybersitter, an adult content blocking software company, alleges that Google’s AdWord policy allowed its competitor Net Nanny to direct consumers who conducted searches for “Cybersitter” to the Net Nanny websites

baseball.jpgIPNews® – According to court documents filed this week in St. Louis, Rawlings has initiated a trademark infringement lawsuit against Wilson for utilizing a golden baseball glove that is confusingly similar to its trademarked Golden Glove. 

The offending glove was used in promotional materials with Cinncinati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips and featured golden colored

basketball.jpgIPNews® – Last month newly drafted New Orleans Hornet Anthony Davis filed trademark applications for “Fear the Brow” and “Raise the Brow” with the UPSTO. 

The catchphrases sold so well on t-shirts during Davis’ single year with the Kentucky Wildcats that the basketball player believes he will benefit from seeking trademark protection.  Capitalizing on the

beer-bottle-pouring.jpgIPNews® – We recently reported that Anheuser-Busch filed trademark applications for 41 airport codes with the USPTO, including one for BNA.

Anheuser-Busch plans to produce a locally brewed beer named after the airport code for Nashville.  However, BNA Wine Group filed for “BNA Wine Group” five months earlier and thus presents a challenge to the