IPNews® – Angie’s List initiated a trademark infringement lawsuit in federal court last week against its competitor ServiceMagic.
The lawsuit alleges trademark infringement, disparagement and dilution, unfair competition and unjust enrichment. Angie’s List is seeking an injunction and monetary damages related to use of sponsored links and keywords. To continue reading, click: Angie’s List Trademark
IPNews® – Washington website Demstore.com is being sued for trademark infringement by the Obama Re-election Campaign Committee.
In the lawsuit filed last Friday, it is alleged that several Obama related trademarks are being illegally used on the website. The Obama Re-election Campaign Committee is seeking an injunction preventing further sales, as well as unspecified damages.
IPNews® – After a game winning performance in February 2012 against the New Jersey Nets, the ‘Linsanity’ over Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks point guard, began.
Shortly thereafter, Several trademark applications were filed for ‘Linsanity’ by persons other than Lin. Recently the U.S. Patent and Trademark issued office actions demonstrating that only Jeremy Lin’s
IPNews® – Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion successfully defended a trademark infringement lawsuit against the Canada television company, BBM Canada.
On the heels of a recent loss in its infringement lawsuit against Basis International for use of the term BBX in its Blackberry 10 operating system, and various customer dissatisfaction problems, Blackberry has suffered dramatic
IPNews® – After a three year lawsuit, Gucci has won its trademark infringement case against Guess and was awarded $4.66 million dollars.
Gucci originally sought $120 million in damages. Apart from the damage award, an injunction also issued which prohibits Guess from producing three of the four signature “G” trademarks owned by Gucci. To continue
IPNews® – Beyonce and Jay-Z have recently filed a trademark application for their new baby’s name “Blue Ivy Carter”.
The application is in multiple classes and includes planned use on CD’s, DVD’s, apparel, and live musical performances. To some it may seem odd to trademark a baby name, but in this case it appears that
IPNews® – Adidas filed a lawsuit against Costa Mesa, California based World Industries and Big 5 for trademark infringement of its three parallel diagonal-striped design.
Adidas is accusing World Industries of producing a shoe which infringes on its trademarks, and is accusing Big 5 for selling and advertising the infringing product. Adidas is seeking monetary
IPNews® – A Los Angeles marketing firm that creates websites to generate business leads for other companies is being sued for trademark infringement by USAA of San Antonio.
D and D Marketing, DBA T3 Leads, allegedly used USAA’s trademarked name in domain names to attract consumers including military families that eventually submitted their names and
IPNews® – Sportswear giant Nike is being sued for trademark infringement for using the term “Lottery Pick” on a Michael Jordan jacket.
The plaintiff, Urban Motive Sportswear, registered “Lottery Pick” with the USPTO in 2006 and has since been selling an energy drink, sportswear, and other merchandise using the trademark. Michael Jordan, acclaimed as being
IPNews® – General Motors, owner of the premium Buick brand, has filed to register the “Riviera” trademark, leaving car buffs wondering if the nostalgic model will make a comeback.
The original Riviera was manufactured in the United States between 1963 and 1999. More recently GM featured a sleek-looking Riviera concept car at the 2007 Shanghai