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Baylor University v. Boston University: What the BU Battle Means for Your Brand

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Baylor University filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Boston University, claiming that Boston’s use of an “interlocking BU” logo is confusingly similar to Baylor’s federally registered trademark, that also features...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

First Circuit: Lizzie Borden Themed Coffee Shop Serves Different Goods to Different Consumers from Guests at Lizzie Borden Bed and...

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How many years must pass before a grisly murder can support a marketing effort? Apparently, something less than the 132 years since Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were axe murdered in Fall River, Massachusetts. (Yes,...more

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Penn State Wins On and Off the Field

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Pennsylvania State University has secured wins on the field and in court this football season with a 10-1 football record (and likely a College Football Playoff berth), and a jury verdict in its favor in a lawsuit against...more

Baker Donelson

Baker's Trademark Developments of 2024

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2024 has been a busy year in all intellectual property. It has been especially busy in trademark law. Here are the top seven cases in trademark law to date....more

A&O Shearman

"Sparks flew" in trade mark case about online dating services: Match Group, LLC v Muzmatch Limited

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The Court of Appeal has recently confirmed that an online dating service trading as MUZMATCH and targeting Islamic customers has infringed the trade marks of the Match Group. The judgment provides useful insight into how...more

Smart & Biggar

PC v. PC: Smart & Biggar prevails in dismissal of appeal on behalf of Pampered Chef

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On February 15, 2021, the Federal Court of Appeal issued its decision dismissing an appeal from the Federal Court’s trial decision in Loblaws Inc v Columbia Insurance Company, 2019 FC 961. As previously reported, Pampered...more

Hogan Lovells

Has Messi opened up a Pandora’s box before the European Courts?

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Messi is victorious not only on the football field, but also before the European Courts: the football player’s reputation creates a conceptual difference between MESSI and MASSI which counteracts the visual and phonetic...more

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The New Jersey Turnpike Authority Pays a Big Toll for Pizza

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The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (“NJTA”) was forced to pay a big toll when the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”), dismissed its opposition to a pizza restaurant’s...more

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Starbucks rocks for first time in Luxembourg

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Judgment of the General Court, 16 January 2018 in case T-398/16, Starbucks Corp. vs EUIPO* In 2014, Starbucks opposed the below EUTM application seeking protection for “services for providing drinks“, services for which...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Second Circuit Re-Visits Dawn Donut and the Geographic Scope of Injunctive Relief in Trademark Cases

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More than half a century ago, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an influential decision in Dawn Donut Co. v. Hart’s Food Stores, Inc., concerning the proper scope of injunctive relief in a trademark...more

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