2/5/2025 4:07:17 PM Royalty Is Not All A Watch Needs to Acquire Distinctiveness for U.S. Trademark Protection By Jonathan Pryor On January 4, 2025, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) upheld an earlier refusal to register two trademarks submitted by...
7/2/2024 4:13:32 PM Trademark Scammers on the Rise By Louise Decoppet Scams and schemers have been part of recorded history since at least 300 BC, according to multiple sources including Experien and...
7/17/2023 1:20:08 PM The Supreme Court Limits the Extraterritorial Reach of the Lanham Act, Overturning a $96 M Award from the Lower Court By Francesca Campione On Thursday, June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court delivered a decision in the case Abitron Austria GmbH et al. v. Hetronic...
5/23/2023 6:11:46 PM Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of TACO TUESDAY: Taco Bell’s Quest to Protect Taco Lovers Nationwide By Francesca Campione In a bid to protect anyone who wants to “make, sell, and celebrate” tacos using the phrase “TACO TUESDAY” from the “possibility of legal...
5/16/2023 7:18:03 PM "YOU get a lawsuit!" Oprah Drops Oprahdemics Infringement Suit Against Fan Podcast By Amanda Barkin Last week, multimedia production company founded by Oprah Winfrey dropped its trademark action against podcast f/k/a Oprahdemics. The...
1/29/2023 2:20:41 PM Sparring Over Stripes: The adidas v. Thom Browne Trademark Trial By Molly Rothschild On the first day of the trademark trial between adidas and Thom Browne Inc., fashion designer Thom Browne showed up to court donning some...
1/26/2023 12:37:40 AM Cereal-sly? Trademark Fight Erupts Between Cereal Giant and Indie Rock Band By Amanda Barkin An unlikely trademark battle has begun between indie rock band OK Go and breakfast cereal giant Post Foods, LLC. The subject of the...
12/20/2022 2:35:42 PM Yuga Labs wins key victory in NFT infringement case against Ryder Ripps By Jeremy Goldman On December 16, 2022, the United District Court for the Central District of California handed NFT powerhouse Yuga Labs a decisive victory...
11/22/2022 7:55:28 PM Hold On, We’re Going…Vogue…Or Not By Khasim Lockhart Intro. Do you have a music album on the way? Have you come up with a plan to promote said album? Perhaps you considered releasing a...
10/20/2022 8:53:37 PM A Tale of Two Truck Simulator Games and the First Amendment By Frances Jensen Emma Smizer An ongoing dispute between Saber Interactive and Oovee Ltd. is the latest involving real-world vehicles in games. On October 6, 2022,...
1/29/2022 2:11:43 PM Lil Yachty hits music NFT platform Opulous with trademark and right of publicity suit By Jeremy Goldman On January 27, 2022, rapper Lil Yachty filed a complaint against Opulous and its founder in the U.S. District Court for the Central...
1/12/2022 5:55:19 AM “A Not So Little Trademark Dispute, ft. The Rascals” By Khasim Lockhart In 1994, Spanky and Alfalfa’s friendship experienced tumultuous times when Alfalfa ditched the “boys only” club in favor of spending time...
9/7/2021 1:01:17 PM The Right Tool for the Job: Fifth Circuit Revives “Texas Hammer” Trademark Lawsuit By Benjamin G. Murray In online advertising, it’s commonplace for businesses to purchase competitor trademarks as search engine keywords to get in front of...
8/5/2021 8:35:45 PM Late to the Party: The USPTO Finally Applies to Register its Own Trademarks By Catherine Farrelly Earlier today, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced that it finally has applied to register its own...
7/27/2021 9:07:04 PM Freelancer or Freeloader? Ninth Circuit Finds Use of “Freelancer” is Fair Use Under Trademark Law By Benjamin G. Murray With the rise of the “gig economy,” millions of Americans have turned to online platforms and mobile applications to navigate the...
7/9/2021 4:14:58 PM It’s My Party And I’ll Sue You If I Want To: The Reagan Foundation Sues Over Use Of Marks On Trump-Supporting Website By Glenda Dieuveille Over the last year, journalists have written about the Republican party’s “identity crisis”—should Republicans walk away from Donald...