Vermont businessman Bo Muller-Moore’s 6-year ongoing battle against Chick-fil-A took an unexpected turn this week when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sided with the chicken chain. The office issued a preliminary decision supporting Chick-fil-A’s assertion that Muller-Moore’s popular “Eat More Kale” t-shirt and related merchandise infringes on its trademarked “Eat Mor Chikin” advertising slogan. The company filed a [...]

The Trayvon Martin killing has spurred significant, world-wide controversy and rage.  As expected to be the case with anything that receives such astounding publicity, people are trying to profit off it.  Similar to the absurd T-shirts created in response to the “Twilight” hysteria, “Team Edward” and “Team Jacob,”  many merchandisers are creating various objects bearing [...]

Teller (of Penn & Teller fame) is suing a Dutch entertainer for allegedly ripping off Teller’s copyrighted magic piece called “Shadows.” Read all about it here.

To a group of movie investors, Keeper of the Pinstripes sounded like an ideal business venture. Capitalizing on nostalgia for old-timers Yankee baseball, the film was to depict the “interior and exterior of the ‘old’ Yankee stadium [for one] final public appearance,” and tell the story of “a mysterious room hidden within the depths of [...]

After a 20-year court battle, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has decided to allow sounds to be trademarked. That means that the sounds of a car horn, an animal grunt, a school bell, or a crowd cheering may now be associated with a trademark, or rather, a soundmark. Read all about it here and here.

The electronic pop duo LMFAO is trying to trademark their name. In their application they explain what LMFAO stands for. Hollywood Reporter has the scoop.

The Gucci v. Guess lawsuit, which was filed by Gucci in 2009, finally arrived in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin on March 28, 2012. Gucci has alleged that $221 million worth of Guess products infringed Gucci trademarked designs. In Guess’s opening statements, its lawyer alleged that Gucci can’t claim infringement because of the [...]

The invoice seen here is from the United States Trademark Registration Office.  Even though that sounds like an official government agency, and even though the invoice looks official, at least at first glance, it is not.  In fact, the United States Trademark Registration Office (USTRO) has nothing to do with the government, the address listed [...]

The critical debate over film versus television rages on. It’s a fight ’til the death. Who will be the winner? Stay tuned…

The EU Court of Justice decided in favor of the Beatles in a trademark dispute against a mobility company who has used the band’s name for certain models of their wheelchairs.  The court affirmed the concerns of Apple Corp, the company founded by the band members in finding it possible that consumers may be confused [...]