Last month, Judge Kathleen O’Malley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gave Coca-Cola rival Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. renewed hope in the trademark fight over “Zero.” As reported
[Read More]In May, we posted about the Constitutionality of IPRs after the Supreme Court upheld the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s inter partes review process, ruling that it doesn’t violate Article III of
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[Read More]Prior to the Eagles’ big win over the favored Pats this year, NFL Properties LLC, along with the New England Patriots LLC and Philadelphia Eagles LLC, filed a lawsuit against Does 1-100, “large-scale,
[Read More]One of the more popular topics we post on is patents. In 2017, we wrote about the eye-opening practice of companies warding off future challenges to their patents by shielding themselves with Native
[Read More]With the holidays here, sweets and treats are usually on everyone’s mind. Apparently, that is no exception when it comes to the courts. As the NY Times reports, two candy makers; a British
[Read More]When you think of green and yellow farm equipment, do you think of a John Deere tractor in a half-acre field? Deere & Co. contended yes in its trademark lawsuit. The Quad-City Times
[Read More]If you didn’t know what “genericide” meant, most likely you’d have to google it — and therein lies the rub. The Supreme Court is considering whether “google” is now too generic a term
[Read More]A logo that was once lowercase and in a cursive font became the stuff of a trademark dispute when it was updated in May. The company Just Goods, which is linked to “teen
[Read More]Just last week we posted a blog about Apple refuting the claim that they had handed over their source code to China for business reasons while refusing to fulfill the United States’ request
[Read More]According to Multi Time Machine, Inc., when one searched for their MTM Special Ops watches through Amazon.com, the online giant’s results page infringed on the manufacturer’s trademark. A panel agreed, reversing a district
[Read More]In June of 2014, the United States craft brewing industry hit an impressive number: more than 3,000 breweries are in operation in this country. With all those beers flooding the market, the likelihood
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