https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2023-02-17/vivint-hit-with-189-7-million-verdict-for-stealing-security-rivals-customers Home security provider Vivint Smart Home Inc., a Utah based company was found guilty of violating trademark law, and competing...
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Hermes Prevails in Trademark Trial Over MetaBirkins NFTs
Famous luxury goods Hermes brand won their case against "MetaBirkins" creator Mason Rothchild (real name Sonny Estival). The nine-person NYC Federal Court jury found Rothchild guilty on all 3 counts-trademark infringement and dilution, cybersquatting, and unfair...
“Amazon will have little choice but to adjust its business model”: counsel react to groundbreaking Christian Louboutin ruling
https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/amazon-will-have-little-choice-adjust-its-business-model-counsel-react-groundbreaking-christian-louboutin-ruling
Christian Louboutin filed complaints against Amazon in 2019 to stop the use of its red sole trademark. The…
Google Wins Transfer of Patent Lawsuit Despite 5th Cir. Case Law
Motion Offense, LLC., who is suing Google for patent infringements, unsuccessfully tried to prevent Google from transferring their case from Texas to the Northern California Circuit. Motion Offense, LLC claims a Fifth Circuit Precedent would give Google the home-town...
Splunk Files Intellectual Property Lawsuit Against Cribl
Splunk, Inc., is suing Cribl for numerous infringement violations of copyright and patents. Spunk alleges that ex-employee Clint Sharp, CEO and founder of Cribl stole and is using code and confidential technical and business materials without permission or licensing....
Trademark Infringement and NFTs
Nike, Quentin Tarantino and Birkin bags have something in common - they're all tied up in separate lawsuits related to NFTs, nonfungible tokens. People are spending billions of dollars on NFTs. They are seen as a new digital frontier to buy, trade and sell goods....
Dolly Madison vs. Dolly (Parton)
DOLLY PARTON FACES TRADEMARK DISPUTE OVER USING HER OWN NAME -There are few American celebrities as beloved as Dolly Parton. With a career spanning more than half a century, though, she no doubt has run into her share of setbacks. And with a newly filed opposition...
Moderna Has No Plans to Share Its COVID-19 Vaccine Recipe
Moderna has no plans to share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because executives have concluded that scaling up the company's own production is the best way to increase the global supply, the company’s chairman said Monday. Read more at:...
The International Trade Commission to Investigate Skechers and Hobby Lobby
The International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate Skechers, Hobby Lobby and a slew of other companies after Crocs sought last month to block the importation of shoes it argued infringe the trademark rights to its popular plastic clog. Crocs' complaint took...
The Freewheeling, copyright-infringing world of custom-printed tees
Print on demand companies are making it too easy for users to infringe on the Intellectual Property rights of Copyright and Trademark holders, opening themselves up to a multitude of lawsuits....