Trademark news and analysis from the courts and the USPTO
By Michelle Morgante | January 27, 2025
A lawsuit filed in Northern California alleges Nubela and its U.S.-based subsidiary, Proxycurl, create fake accounts faster than LinkedIn can block them and unlawfully scrape data from millions of LinkedIn profiles that is then sold to third parties.
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By Michelle Morgante | January 24, 2025
In a case that was remanded back by the Supreme Court, a U.S. district court found the toy was a parody that did not infringe on Jack Daniel's trademark, but still tarnished the whiskey brand, noting “human consumption and canine excrement do not mix.”
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By Jazmyn Ferguson and Matt Minder | January 16, 2025
Highlights of some of the challenges GenAI presents, along with recent developments in copyright law and trademark law in this quickly evolving space.
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By Allison Dunn | January 16, 2025
"Little Caesars has made immediate and significant efforts to comply with the court’s preliminary injunction order. Although the vast majority of the materials with the term 'Pizza Puffs' have been removed or destroyed, Little Caesars is dealing with some logistical issues relating to physical drive-thru menus at Little Caesars restaurants with drive-thru operations," Little Caesars' Chicago-based attorneys with Crowell & Moring claimed.
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By Marianna Wharry | January 10, 2025
An Illinois federal judge said the business cannot rely on an expired settlement agreement between it and the baseball team to compel arbitration.
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By Michelle Morgante | January 7, 2025
An appellate panel last week rejected the beer giant’s challenge of a 2022 jury verdict in favor of San Diego County’s Stone Brewing. Lead counsel Noah Hagey says the decision is a road map for future “reverse confusion” cases.
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By Mason Lawlor | January 3, 2025
The jury was told that a defense to the plaintiff's claims may be proving that the trademarks are used only as a model number, not for source identification, and "lack secondary meaning."
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By Allison Dunn | January 2, 2025
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By Michelle Morgante | December 31, 2024
Wonderbow, the independent German company behind the board game Kelp, learned the hard way that counterfeiters were tough competitors when it came to stealing IP and marketing fake products on e-commerce sites.
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By Michelle Morgante | December 30, 2024
U-Haul contends Public Storage “is attempting to pull a fast one on the USPTO, bootstrapping an unsustainable claim of ownership of the color orange, and bullying other longtime users of orange trade dress.”
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