IPNews® – The city of Nashville is having to make a last-minute change to the centerpiece of its New Years Eve festivities. For the last two years, the Music City had a large, glowing Gibson guitar dropping over Lower Broadway to ring in the New Year.
Now, because the Hard Rock Café, which owns the trademark
Orange County – Two original members of R&B band Blackstreet have sued two former members for trademark and copyright infringement for using Blackstreet songs without authorization and for confusing consumers into believing that the entire band would be performing at concerts.
The band’s most famous song, “No Diggity”, became a number one hit in 1996.
Orange County – Bo Muller-Moore, a Vermont entrepreneur, is being sued for trademark infringement by Chick- Fil-A due to his use of the slogan “Eat More Kale”. The fast food chain is claiming that the slogan is too similar to its “Eat mor chikin” trademarked phrase and that it also dilutes the distinctiveness of Chick-Fil-A’s trademark.
In its
California – Skullcandy, primarily a headphone manufacturer, recently filed an action for trademark infringement against Skelanimals which is a music apparel and accessory brand. The action alleges that the Skelanimals logo is confusingly similar to the Skullcandy logo.
The Skullcandy logo is a black and white skull face surrounded by a black circle, while the Skelanimals logos at issue are
San Diego – Kellogg’s, maker of Fruit Loops, has decided to drop its trademark infringement lawsuit against the Maya Archaeology Initiative (MAI), which is a non-profit organization. In the lawsuit, Kellogg’s had claimed that the toucan in MAI’s logo infringed its own Toucan Sam trademark.
Kellogg and the MAI issued a joint statement saying that Kellogg has decided
Los Angeles – As the Occupy Wall Street Movement shows surprising staying power, opportunists continue lining up to profit from the publicity. Trademarks such as “Occupy,” “We are the 99 percent,” “Occupy DC 2012,” and “Occupy Wall St.” have recently been filed.
Not to be left out, a coalition of Occupy Wall Street protestors have also filed for “Occupy
San Diego – Long Island couple Robert and Diane Maresca filed a trademark application for “Occupy Wall Street” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The “Occupy” movement began on Wall Street but has since spread to other cities and eventually other countries.
Occupy Wall Street began on September 17, 2011 in Manhattan’s Financial District and is fighting against banks and
Los Angeles – Plentyofish.com, a U.S. based dating website, lost in the High Court in England over its claims that it had rights to the Plenty O Fish trademark in the UK despite no trademark registration there.
Under intellectual property laws in the UK, a business must prove that its use of a trademark has established “goodwill” which
Los Angeles – Christy Prunier, a mother and businesswoman, has succeeded in a trademark battle with P&G and will retain the right to name her company “Willa” after her daughter.
When Ms. Prunier’s lotions, cleansers, and facial masks were ready to hit the market, she received a cease and desist letter from P&G who claimed that the Willa brand was
Los Angeles – After a nearly three year battle, Twitter finally has exclusive rights to the Tweet trademark at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The problems began when Twittad, the largest advertising platform on Twitter, registered the “Let Your Ad Meet Tweets.” trademark first. The judge ultimately agreed with Twitter’s argument that “tweet” was a word