40 years ago, I was the new kid in 6th grade – truly a terrible age in a young girl’s life to try and “fit in” at a new elementary school in a small town. But, one of my best memories from that year was procuring my first...more
2/8/2024
/ Advertising ,
Appeals ,
Artists ,
Cease and Desist ,
Fashion Design ,
First Amendment ,
Jack Daniels Properties Inc v VIP Products LLC ,
Lanham Act ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Marketing ,
Music ,
Parody ,
Rogers Test ,
Trade Dress ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
When Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, Steve Perry was ranked 76th on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Singers of All Time.” Arguably, many Journey fans view the front man and his voice as the...more
2/21/2023
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Artists ,
Consent ,
Exclusive Licenses ,
IP License ,
Music ,
Music Industry ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks
We reported here last summer the outcome of Coca-Cola Company’s petitions to cancel the registrations for the above-captioned marks owned by Meenaxi Enterprise, Inc. Meenaxi appealed the TTAB’s decision to cancel the...more
On April 8, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision on an appeal from the refusal of registration of a color trademark by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. In this case, the applicant, Forney...more