Proposed Palm Springs hockey team adds more nickname trademark filings – The Desert Sun
Proposed Palm Springs hockey team adds more nickname trademark filings The Desert Sun A week after filing for a trademark for Palm Springs Firebirds, the owners of a proposed American Hockey League team to play in Palm Springs in 2021 have …
NBA Star Drops Trademark Case Over ‘Greek Freak’ Nickname – Law360
NBA Star Drops Trademark Case Over ‘Greek Freak’ Nickname Law360 NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo has reached a settlement to end a trademark lawsuit he filed last month in New York federal court over a line of unauthorized …
Viacom Can’t Sue Over ‘Double Dare’ Trademark Threats – Law360
Viacom Can’t Sue Over ‘Double Dare’ Trademark Threats Law360 A New York federal judge is refusing to let Viacom pursue preemptive litigation against a man who claims to now own the trademark rights to the classic …
The Ohio State University Is Trying to Trademark the ‘The’ in Its Name – Mental Floss
The Ohio State University Is Trying to Trademark the ‘The’ in Its Name Mental Floss As any good Ohioan knows, there’s a big difference between an Ohio state university and The Ohio State University. But with countless other public colleges …
Disney and the Trademark Dispute Over ‘Hakuna Matata’ – Newsmax
Disney and the Trademark Dispute Over ‘Hakuna Matata’ Newsmax After both of us independently watched the newly reincarnated Lion King movie over the weekend, I recently (and unwittingly) entered into a rather heated …
Virgil Abloh Doesn’t Own Off-White, But He Owns Its Trademark. Here’s What That Means. – Complex
Virgil Abloh Doesn’t Own Off-White, But He Owns Its Trademark. Here’s What That Means. Complex Farfetch recently acquired Off-White’s parent company New Guards Group for $675 million, but Virgil Abloh still owns its trademark. Here’s what that means.
Apple Files Trademarks for the Claris Figurative Logo along with ‘MPX’ & ‘MPX Module’ Related to the new Mac Pro Patently Apple Today Patently Apple discovered several Apple trademark applications in the U.S. and Hong Kong covering the new Mac Pro’s graphics related MPX module …
Oracle sues blockchain startup for trademark infringement, cybersquatting – Becker’s Hospital Review
Oracle sues blockchain startup for trademark infringement, cybersquatting Becker’s Hospital Review Technology giant Oracle has filed a lawsuit against blockchain startup CryptoOracle, claiming trademark infringement and cybersquatting, according to the …
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Contributory Trademark Infringement Verdict Against Landlord for Luxury Eyewear Manufacturers IPWatchdog.com On August 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a jury verdict from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia finding a …
Aug. 12: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania docket for “copyright” cases The Pennsylvania Record The following cases categorized as “copyright” cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 12. All case …
Final Cut Hits ‘Zootopia’ Copyright Lawsuit Against Disney | The Recorder – Law.com
Final Cut Hits ‘Zootopia’ Copyright Lawsuit Against Disney | The Recorder Law.com A contrary ruling would have the peculiar result of giving plaintiff a monopoly over all animated films involving crime-fighting talking animals U.S. District Judge …
Ariana Grande Settles ‘God Is a Woman’ Video Copyright Lawsuit – Billboard
Ariana Grande Settles ‘God Is a Woman’ Video Copyright Lawsuit Billboard Ariana Grande has settled the federal copyright infringement lawsuit brought against her by a Las Vegas-based “Metaphorical Realism” artist over use of an …
Littleton Startup Accused of Copyright Infringement by Amazon – NBC10 Boston
Littleton Startup Accused of Copyright Infringement by Amazon NBC10 Boston A Massachusetts startup which aims to help senior citizens live more comfortably has found itself in a battle with Amazon over a device with a similar name.
Disney Beats Latest ‘Zootopia’ Copyright Case – Law360
Disney Beats Latest ‘Zootopia’ Copyright Case Law360 A California federal judge has tossed another copyright lawsuit claiming Walt Disney Co. stole its smash hit “Zootopia” from an unproduced screenplay, ruling …
YouTube Takes Legal Action In the Wake of DMCA Extortion Plot – Digital Music News
YouTube Takes Legal Action In the Wake of DMCA Extortion Plot Digital Music News Copyright infringement lawsuits are nothing new. But one recently filed by YouTube against one of its users isn’t your typical lawsuit.
Citing Clichés, Judge Boots ‘Nightcrawler’ Copyright Case – Law360
Citing Clichés, Judge Boots ‘Nightcrawler’ Copyright Case Law360 Phrases like “if it bleeds, it leads” are commonplace in stringer films, a Utah federal judge ruled Monday, tossing a copyright suit alleging the 2014 Jake …
DOJ/Copyright Office File An Amicus Brief In Support Of Led Zeppellin – Techdirt
DOJ/Copyright Office File An Amicus Brief In Support Of Led Zeppellin Techdirt As announced by the Copyright Office’s General Counsel, the DOJ and the Copyright Office have now filed an amicus brief in the 9th Circuit in support of Led …
First detailed look at Poland’s challenge to the EU Copyright Directive – Boing Boing
First detailed look at Poland’s challenge to the EU Copyright Directive Boing Boing After the EU Copyright Directive passed with a slim majority that only carried because some MEPs got confused and pressed the wrong button, the government …
[Guest post] Cheaper by the Dozen? Two further CJEU referrals on YouTube’s ‘active role’
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/guest-post-cheaper-by-dozen-two-further.html The IPKat has learned that two further cases have just been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the context of proceedings concerning the right of communication to the public under the InfoSoc Directive, the hosting safe harbour in Article 14 of the E-commerce... Continue reading
Copyright law issues on U.S. Supreme Court’s next term agenda
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/copyright-law-issues-on-us-supreme.html While the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is on its summer recess, IPKat looks closer at the copyright cases that await it in the next term. Cases on the Merits U. S. Supreme Court In Allen v. Cooper, SOTUS will consider whether Congress, when it enacted the Copyright... Continue reading