On 20 January 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the trade mark dispute between Thatchers Cider Company Limited (“Thatchers”), the largest family-run independent cider producer in the UK, and Aldi Stores...more
Do trademarks protect iconic names and imagery, or only their use as a brand identifier? This question was at the heart of a closely watched trademark trial in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, where a federal jury...more
12/10/2024
/ Brand ,
Compensatory Damages ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Jury Trial ,
Licensing Rules ,
Logos ,
Merchants ,
Penn State ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks ,
Universities ,
Willful Infringement
On July 18, 2023, the phrase “Taco Tuesday” was returned to the public after Taco John’s submitted a notice of abandonment for its TACO TUESDAY trademark registration before the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s...more
How far does a trademark extend into the digital art world? French luxury fashion brand Hermès sought to answer this question in its precedent-setting case against artist Mason Rothschild, which concluded with a win for...more
2/10/2023
/ Artists ,
Blockchain ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersquatting ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Metaverse ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Popular ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks