The long running dispute between Sky and SkyKick is not due to end any time soon. SkyKick has been granted permission to appeal the 2021 decision of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court. The…
Pepsi earns reversal of pretrial order that would have required it to stop marketing a new Mountain Dew product.
A federal district court was wrong to enjoin Pepsi from continuing to market a canned…
With Judgment of 6 April 2022, the Federal Supreme Court upheld FIFA’s claim that the marks “PUMA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022” and “PUMA WORLD CUP 2022” were misleading, ordered these marks to be removed…
First it was getting a registration as a trademark for the name of a State (see at http://trademarkblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/03/28/mission-impossible-register-the-name-of-a-state-as-a-…
The district court erred by failing to analyze infringement under reverse confusion theory.
The federal district court in Miami erred by concluding as a matter of law that Amazon.com, Inc.’s Fire TV…
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The 2018 Farm Bill—which carved hemp out of the definition of marijuana—made products containing the Delta-8 THC isomer legal, which meant marks for the products could be federally protected.
A…
The debate over the protection of the iconic "AUDI" logo in Poland is currently being renewed (see here). An injunction was sought by AUDI to stop another party from importing, offering, marketing,…
Summary
The owner of a boutique store, Ms. Kotrri (Applicant), successfully defended her trade mark application before the UKIPO for HOUSE OF ZANA, covering “clothing” in class 25, against apparel…
Manufacturer of “Mystic Tan” machines failed to show consumers were likely to be confused by salon’s use of its own solution in Mystic Tan booths.
The federal district court in Akron, Ohio, did not…