A Chinese company that says it owns the rights to the iPad trademark has sued Apple and asked for a court order barring the company from selling the device in China. What more, Apple is about to be hit by a $38 million fine for continuing to use the name in China. Four years before [...]

Recently, a YouTube video attacking ex-presidential contender Jon Huntsmen surfaced on the Internet.  The insulting footage refers to Huntsmen as the “Manchurian Candidate,” while playing “Chinese style” music in the background; it shows Huntsmen doing Chinese activities (speaking Chinese, interviewing with the chinese media…) and asks whether the candidate’s true country of allegiance is the [...]

The Louboutin/YSL case has become a very hot topic for fashionistas and IP enthusiasts alike. Appealed Tuesday in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the judge seemed to show support for the Louboutin side, which would mean a possible overturning of the lower court decision to deny a preliminary injunciton.  Much of the argument is [...]

This week a federal appellate court will hear arguments in the Christian Louboutin/Yves Saint Laurent red shoe sole lawsuit.  A professor from Harvard Law weighs in on Louboutin’s unprecedented attempt to trademark a color.

The oldest bottler of Dr. Pepper has sold its distribution rights to Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. in a trademark dispute settlement. The bottler was accused of diluting the brand and selling outside the area allowed by its licensing agreement. Meanwhile, the town of Dublin, Texas is worried about losing its identity along with this [...]

What if someone from the future told you that 20 or 30 years from now Apple or Google would be unable to find a buyer, would have stock valued at less than $0.50 per share, would be looking to sell almost all of its patents, and would be on the verge of filing for Chapter [...]

Before classes start and school obligations kick in, you might want to try making a funny Rube Goldberg machine. No, we didn’t say it’d be “useful,” but we did say funny.

Although Warner Brothers may have settled the lawsuit with Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist over the use of Tyson’s tattoo in the movie, The Hangover Part II, they are now facing a new lawsuit from Louis Vuitton.  Perhaps, you remember Zach Galifianakis’s line, “Careful, that is a Louis Vuitton,” in the movie.  Turns out that executives [...]

IPLJ BLOG FEATURE: From the Desk of the Editor Each month, Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline McMahon weighs in on topics and legal issues covered in the IPLJ. This month Jacqueline looks back on the key stories the IPLJ focused on this past year. “In keeping with the situation”… what better time to recap the exhaustive year of [...]

Just in time for Christmas, some news about America’s favorite holiday beverage. Coca-Cola’s super secret patented formula has been moved for the first time since 1925. Read all about it here, here, and here.   Thank you to staffer Heather Crawford for the links!